Soma is a narcotic???

[lady_m]

I have been on my share of pain killers and muscle relaxers, including Soma.  I was talking to someone and they said Soma was a narcotic.  I didn't think so, so I looked it up and found this:

Soma
Soma (generic name carisoprodol) is a narcotic muscle relaxer more cautiously prescribed than other muscle relaxers, especially if a patient is taking narcotic pain medication.

Cautions: Soma is metabolized by the liver and excreted by the kidney, thus caution should be taken if patient has compromised kidney or liver functioning. This is important to avoid the excess accumulation of the drug in the body. Soma is a narcotic and should not be taken in conjunction with alcohol, psychotropic drugs or central nervous system depressants.

I didn't know it was a narcotic...I have been on my share of pain killers and muscle relaxers, including Soma.  I was talking to someone and they said Soma was a narcotic.  I didn't think so, so I looked it up and found this:

Soma
Soma (generic name carisoprodol) is a narcotic muscle relaxer more cautiously prescribed than other muscle relaxers, especially if a patient is taking narcotic pain medication.

Cautions: Soma is metabolized by the liver and excreted by the kidney, thus caution should be taken if patient has compromised kidney or liver functioning. This is important to avoid the excess accumulation of the drug in the body. Soma is a narcotic and should not be taken in conjunction with alcohol, psychotropic drugs or central nervous system depressants.

I didn't know it was a narcotic...

[jamesedward]

It is an old muscle relaxer and a commonly requested drug by "drug seekers" per my brother the Dr. Translation, I wouldn't take it, but I wouldn't freak out either no words just a doorway back into a place........

[itwasntme62]

Soma is not a narcotic.Anyone that tells you it is doesn't know what there talking about.A true narcotic is an opiod which comes directly from the opium poppy.There are also synthetic narcotics such as oxycodone and dilaudid.The DEA classifies some other highy abused drugs that are not opiates as narcotics.Soma is not a narcotic or federally controlled drug.

[vicki595]

Jim~  I remember when you did that!     So,what happened with the CT scan? Still having headaches?

[my_mayberry]

yes...taking fioricet and soma together is a scary thought...particularly if you were to have taken either one in excess. its surprising really that they prescribed them together without so much as a warning.

[PromisedLand]

I was taking SOMA recently to help with tension headaches/neck pain while taking Aleve.  When that didn't help my doctor's PA gave me fiorocett and I mentioned that I was also taking SOMA.. big whoops...I was walking around bumping into walls, fell  down the stairs twice and couldn't carry on a lucid conversation..out both of them went..after a kind soul on here pointed out the danger of combining the 2 as they both go for the same receptors in the brain....down the terlet they went.

But I've also been on SOMA for extended periods for back spasms and quit CT with no problems.


Jim

[my_mayberry]

oh and also...anyone saying this doesn't need a taper is unfortunately giving VERY poor advice. just ask your doctor and they'll disagree that this med can be done cold turkey. seizures are a very real possibility.