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Please let me know what soma is and why my brother is acting the way he is now that he is taking this?  He recently was falling asleep and then grunting loudly and then after eating something, he seemed better.  He has since acted like he does not know what we are talking about.  At first I thought he was having a seizure and was ready to take him to the emergency room.  My Mom says he takes it in the car and takes shots of it during the day.  Should we be as concerned as we are?  Please e-mail me as soon as possile at ***@****.  Thanks a lot!
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The only thing that got me off opiates is methadone. Its a very long process but so is your addiction. Its works once you get to the right dose you will not longer need any opiates to make it thorough the day. However you will still be an addict. Your addiction is not about to give up. Everyone on methadone will agree that benzos and methadone are a great combo, this will kill you. 10 people at my clinic did so far this year and it only August. So once on methadone get stable, quit all drugs, get help for or continue to get help for your anxiety, depression, and any other root causes belonging to your addiction. It can be done I quit opiates, benzos, crack, marijuana. One day at a time. You can make it through today. Don't worry about tomorrow until then.
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We just received a drug use update about combining certain prescription drugs.  Taking hydrocodone, Xanax and Soma together give the same "herion effect' the street drug heroin gives.  It is a dangerous combination.  And drs. and nurses are being cautioned to watch out for these deadly combination of drugs prescribed for people.

We've had patients say that they don't take these drugs all at once, but they finally do admit that they will take them within an hour or two of having taken one of the other!

Get off of Soma is the answer, it doesn't mix well and many people have bad side effects over them and often do experience withdrawals from stopping it.
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1700643 tn?1464846682
I agree with what u say about not having severe w/d from soma but just so u know xanax r VERY physically addictive and the physical w/d lasts a long time especially if u quit cold turkey.I believe u said u were n w/d from opiates that severely for3months.that is not normal at all!!That actually sounds like xanax w/d.the worst if opiate w/d is gone n the 1st week.
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I can tell you by past and present use of Hyrocodone, Soma, and Xanax, that IT IS the opioids that will have you running to the bathroom every 5 minutes....not the Soma (thats a mental addiction) not the Xanax 2mg (also a VERY, VERY BAD MENTAL ADDICTION). I went cold turkey off of Lorcet 10/650 last year and this "Opioid withdraw from HELL" had me PHYSICALLY sick, running to the bathroom for three straight months, throwing up, what felt like, my stomach lining....and the pain in my joint and my bones was undescribable. Major flu like symtoms, runny, yet, stopped up nose cold, clammy skin, even though my insides were on fire!  Somas...not bad to get off of , but I missed the "high off my ***" & doing the "Soma Shuffle" feelings. Now, last, but least, XANAX....I have still not been mentally able to stop for more than a couple of days! :( The thoughts that race thru your mind while not having it, although, the reason I got on it was for horrible anxiety and panic attacks...were NOT GOOD at all.! Suicidal thoughts and every other bad thing you could think of. I thought during the first month without the Xanax, that I would have to check myself into a mental hospital so I wouldnt harm myself or others. MY only GOOD advice to people who DO get them from the Dr is this: ALWAYS take as prescribed (even though you feel you NEED more to maintain) and if your one of THOSE people who think your above and beyond the TRASH people who get addicted...then ya know what??....YOU COULD WIND UP DEAD WRONG!!! Good luck with your journey, johnny0888. :-))
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Please don't tell people to stop taking their medication. If someone is prescribed something that is addictive, I find it very hard to belive that their doctor didn't tell them. Doctors have to be so very careful these days when they prescribe meds. And you can always have your pharmacy tell you as well. As with any medication, by law, they have to list the possible side effects, and if  it can be habit forming. Etc. Etc.
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i do kno wthat i have had 10 or more of my family members die from takeing soma350'''you forget you take them an take alot more than  you should an they will kill you...there  good but take only 1 at a time...some foods an drinks make them about 3 times stronger  than they should be...u can stop takeing thim its not that hard to stop but they make you feel good  an so good you dont wont to  ''even make you want to take more than  you should ..you want hurt at all whill your on them an then  forget an take a few more an you will die...this drug works great but its killing alot of our kids...
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Honk, this thread may not get you the help you need.  Repost on a new thread that is yours alone so everyone can see it is new.  Go to the orange button on top (ask a question).  Copy and paste your post to start that new thread.  Good luck!
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I've been taking Soma (carisoprodol) and Vicodin NORCOS for the last year. Some days i would take up to 9 Somas in three pill intervals and other days i would take up to 14 Vicodin. This is all due to a fusion in my back. Every time I kick the pills i get diarrhea really bad and stomach pains. I was off for two weeks but still had that diarrhea. WIll the Diarrhea ever go away? Has anyone took this combination and if they have or just took SOMAS can you help me or tell my if it gets better. My Doc said its fine but I think hes a quack
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my gf gave me soma for alcohol withdrawal. it seems to be helping. i don't know how many mg they are but i only take 1-2 per night. they calm me down and i have no urge to drink. should i be worried about addiction to soma also? I've read all the posts..11yrs worth!  Seems if you take it alone you'll be fine.
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I have a friend who asked me to pick up somas that he had delivered to his grandmothers house because they dont deliver to the state of Texas.  I'm assuming it is a month supply and here it has been a week and he's asking me to pick the soma at his grandmothers house again to mail out to texas.  This guy talks about how he passes out, has migraines, back is hurting, throwing up, all of these things to make me feel sorry for him.  I wrote a letter to his brother that I was worried he was addicted because he also had me getting him vicodon as well and would go crazy on me if I didnt.  I got no response back from his brother.  After researching and reading this forum about soma I now realize he is addicted.  Thinking about changing my phone number even though I really do care for this person.
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I am most definitely, without a doubt, completely addicted to soma.  I started abusing it after the passing of my father.  I quickly overdosed and had to be rushed to the ER by my cousin as my husband was out of town. I was "unconscious" or maybe asleep in the hospital for 2 days before I came to.  I couldn't even walk to his car.  Before I overdosed I would take so much that I would sleep for days at a time.  I wouldn't even call it sleep, really, it was more like unconscious.  I've since heard the phrase "soma coma".  That's exactly what it does if you abuse it.  After I overdosed I called my doctor and pharmacy and told them not to prescribe it to me anymore.  However, since then I've been purchasing it online and using it in large amounts again.  It's a different high than opiates like percocet or vicodin etc.. but it's still a high nonetheless. I would recommend staying away from this drug.  I became addicted FAST.  Before I even knew it I couldn't go a day without it.  Also, the fact that your brother is shootintg it is pretty scary.  It's not evil, and may not be addictive to everyone who uses it, (for example, I've never been addicted to opiates, I can take those for pain as directed and not even be tempted to abuse) but the fact that your brother is shooting it points to addiction.  It's pretty scary stuff.  I'm considering rehab to get off of it.  Hope my experience with it helps; good luck to you and your family.
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hello nice topic
very useful

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info about soma too

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i have been on every pill under the sun and i'm working on kicking hydro's again.  SOMA is a bad deal.  trust me.  i remember passing out in my food at my birthday dinner with my parents, wife, and her parents.  looking back it was a horrible experience.  good luck to all.

***Remember that Dr.'s are taught two things in school:Drugs and knives***
STAY AWAY FROM BOTH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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My aunt's funeral was today. She was 53 years old when she died last Friday. Her daughter (my cousin) came into her room that Friday night and found her on the floor, dead. She had just gotten a new prescription of Soma's the night before. She would take a months prescription worth of Soma's in a time span sometime as short as only several days. She also used to take them on top of Vicoden's, but Soma's where always her main prolem, especially when she mixed the two medications. Soma is a muscle relaxer, and your heart is a muscle. She has had this addiction for years, and her heart finally just couldnt take it anymore. She had built up such a high tolerance for Soma, she took too many, and overdosed. And now because of this, it left my 18 year old cousin with out a mother, and my uncle with out his wife, and a huge hole in our family. Please be aware of the evils of this drug and how highly addictive it is. Get help for your love one before it is too late, and you are stairing at thier coffin and a feeling of guilt for the rest of your life.
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I just started SOMA the first day i took it i felt very relaxed more comfortable but after the first day it just makes my stress and shoulder pain go away that's about it, i wouldn't worry too much just don't take more than five a day depending on weight and tolerance this is my experience IM not a doctor
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My wife has been on Soma for over 5 years now, it and pot are the only drugs she uses. She takes so many she can't talk or walk. She sits over there saying your mean and controling. She smokes 3 pack of  cigaretts a day with her face in the TV warching the View or some other stupid show. She has not worked for 3 years and is 45 of age. Trying to get her off I have talked to the doctors telling them about each other and treatend the dealer Stevo.  She is still getting them from him she may be trading sex I don't know for sure. I have begged and begged for her to quit not just me our sons and her family. When she stops for a day or so she is back to my wife which is great. But then I turn around and she is back on them.
and she brings up and dwells on everything I have done to make her made for over 20 years. It is driving me Crazy really I am so worried.
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My husband is prescribed those for back pain along with vics. He loves the somas and says they help way better than the vics. He says he does not feel bad after the Soma is gone like you do with the vics. With all that said I have seen him fall asleep at the dinner table and babble incoherantly, I hate when it is time to refill the soma, I pretty  much cancel him out for about a week or two!! It is very annoying but he says its the only two weeks he gets any relief in his back!!  His problem is more musculare than skelatal I think. We are finding it hard to find a doctor that will listen then just give him pain meds and send him on his way, its really frustrating he is only 31 and works construction, they tell him get another profession, oh ok really easy in this economy and besides he loves his job and is very talented in woodworking. Right now he's getting of the vics and sticking with the soma. We'll see.  Good luck with your brother it soulnd like he's taking way to much maybe you could help him by monitering his intake for him a bit.
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the only kind of pill i will take is soma. Hydros,oxy,and xanax i have seen ruin alot of peoples lives.ive takin somas for years on and off for pain because i wont touch anything else.I've never DT'ed from them.but alot of people get carried away and take alot and have to take more and more of them to do anything weather it be to take pain away or get a high off of them !yes i have seen the convulsions looks like a seizure because they take crazy amount its called a soma coma! if you take to much of any drug your body will have a reaction dont blame the drug blame the person takin it and letting it do that to their bodies.the doctors have recommended doses for a reason!!!!
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Soma is addictive, I have been on it and abused it, it can kill you if you overdose. Your heart is a musle and soma is a musle relaxer, most dr. no longer prescribe it. It is sold on the street here where I live. It is kinda like the old Qauluds that when you drink on them really can mess you up. Bottom line no drug that is prescribed by a Dr. is meant to be used just to get high any meds can have bad side affects and every person is different. Any time a loved one is abusing anything you should be concerned.
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HI, I have taken SOMA since 1993 for back pain after an accident. my Dr told me its not physically addictive but mentally. Well about 1 month ago I ran out of meds early in the month and had to wait 9 days before I had more. I had no symptoms of withdrawls, i was delighted. I feel sorry for those people who have withdrawls.  Does it usually take longer than 9 days without or can I assume I am not physically addicted?

thanks, janet
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I am going thru dt's from soma. I dont know what to do. I need help.
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here's some info on soma -- sounds like a horrible drug!

http://www.drugs.com/soma.html

god bless you all....
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i haven't found Soma to be at all addictive and i am totally addicted to opioids (vicodin, dilaudid,percoset, oxycontin...all of 'em) I'm really trying to get off of the opiates b/c they are the worst and so super addictive. I take so many it is astounding. But a bottle of soma lasts me 2 months (where a bottle of vicodin lasts 2 days). Xanax and ambien i also take, but not too excessively. I'm a total pill head and I am scared...how do I get off the opiates without going into rehab? I am so sick of being dope sick all the time.
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