Soma

[The Golden Slipper]

Hello,

I have a question. Is anyone familiar with the drug Soma. I have had chronic neck pain for over a year.  Yesterday I spoke with my PCP and he wants to prescribe this medication for me.

I am having an MRI done next weekend as he thinks I might have a disc problem or possibly arthritis.  I am in the process of tapering off of fiorinal a barbituate which I have been addicted to for a long time.

I do not want to become addicted to something else now. The doc tells me it is not addictive but I have my doubts.  Does anyone know anything about this drug????

Thanks in advance for the responses

Golden Slipper

[GOD]

Good point about the Soma.

If abused, it can make you into the town drunk without you even realizing how it happened. VERY BAD STUFF! (if abused)

Blackouts
Slurred speech
loss of coordination
inability to reason

To name just a few!

Take it easy tonight,
~~~~Jess~~~~
(no... I'm not employed by Medhelp, It's just my new handle!)

[DubeMechanic]

Heh, somas, my favorite.

They are good when taken as directed but beware abusing them, they sneak up on you.

Woke up in jail because of those suckers. Duh..

DM

[The Golden Slipper]

Jeez.... maybe I should try acupuncture for my neck pain.  I am so glad I asked about this drug.

The neck pain is pretty intense but I really don't want to run the risk of getting hooked on something else, especially where I am trying to taper off of the barbituates.

Thanks to everyone for their responses

Golden Slipper

[PING]

hi to all of you, as some of you know i am tapering off oxy'was planning on going today with just one 10mg, my
brother came by from out of state, had just took the one that i had planned on taking, but i asked him if he wanted a beer, so when he said yes, i took another oxy, what an excuse, hating myself now that i did, pull for me that i will get stronger.
did anyone ever have bad bad dreams and nightmares, while taking
these? anytime i have taken them in the eveing, thats what happens. sorry about the rambling. wish all a good day.
                                  lee.

[Starraven]

I was posting the same time you were.   Thanks for your input on your experience on Soma.  You are so right about the memory loss. I don't ever want to go out to dinner and forget I went. :) Can you imagine having a nice dinner with your husband or wife and NOT remembering it.  I tried so hard to bring up a memory of that evening, but nothing.  I don't remember getting in the car, eating dinner, coming home or going to bed.  Everyone is different.  You are right about that.  The doctors think it is a safe drug, but in reality, for some it is not safe at all.  
Hugs,
Star

[Starraven]

It still is a mystery to me because I had been on this mixture of lortab and soma for a couple of weeks.  My husband said I had terrible memory loss while on the soma and although my memory tells me I only took the two and two combination, I wouldn't have put it past myself to forget that I took a previous dose and dosed again too soon.  The effect it had on my memory was terrible.  I remember having a discussion with my husband when I was not on the Somas after my collapse and telling him we hadn't gone out to dinner in a long time.  He looked at me like I was nuts because apparently we had gone the week prior and I don't remember it at all.  I was also on two different antideprssants at the time.  Wellbutrin and a low dose of Paxil.  Not sure if that might have contributed to my black out or not.  I hadn't had any of these problems until I was prescribed soma.
At any rate it opened my eyes to the dangers of the medications I was taking.