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

[sharonver]

I would defininetly see that she goes to a physician to straighten this out.  If there is an addictionologist in your area that would be even better.  Sounds like the combination of these meds are bad for her. You should discuss this with her first and let her know that you are there for her.  Being supportive in this is crucial.

Sharon

[Jestinlove]

My wife suffers from upper back pain and the occassional migraine headache. She has taken soma and lortab for some time now to better manage her pain. A few weeks ago I arrived home from work to find my wife bathing my one year old daughter with water up to her chin and the faucet still running. I found out shortly after, that 3 different doctors were prescribing her lortab and soma for her symptoms. Since the incident with my daughter, I have seen my wife fall down twice. She also smokes marijuana on a regular basis. I am convinced that she is addicted and I need some advice. If someone has delt with this before, please give input. She might take advice from someone who has been through this before.

[curious1998]

Thank you so much GoldenSlipper, I will do that.

curious

[The Golden Slipper]

You may want to post further up or try to post your message as a new question so people will see it.

I have never taken Soma so I really can't help you.  I'm sure there are many people on this forum who will reply.

Try to post as a new question.

Good Luck
Golden Slipper

[curious1998]

Hi to all, very new here, but need advice, I have gotten myself very addicted to Soma.  First it was Vic's, I kicked those on my own with a tapering system, is tapering off Soma possible?  Going to a detox place is not an option, can't tell my doc either, I have been ordering it off the net, I have bad back pain and migraines.  From my heart, any advice would be so very much appreciated.  

Thanks,
curious1998

[Isis]

New member here, I've been reading a lot of the posts here for quite awhile now, I've learned tons from all of you.  I'm not an addict, but I believe I do have addictive tendencies, as I have a lot of people in my family that have been addicted to one thing or another.  A lot of them have either died as a result of their addiction, or are in jail.  I came to the addiction forums in an effort to make sure I DON'T become addicted, so I can watch for signs & symptoms of addiction, as I am a chronic pain patient.

I have taken Soma in the past for sever low back muscle spasms.  I was prescribed Soma with Ativan.  I took them both as prescribed, and still had some pretty strange things happen to me that I don't remember.  My husband and kids told me that I hallucinated that there were fish in my freezer laughing at me, I had a tree in my bedroom, things like that.  I don't recall any of this.  Like I said, I did not take more than I was prescribed, and I took them EXACTLY as prescribed, and this still happened to me.  There was no way in h*ll I could have driven on these drugs.

On the flip side, my muscle spasms and the resulting pain did go away.  Before the meds I wasn't able to even walk due to the incredible pain.  After taking the meds it was as though I never had a problem to begin with.  The combination definatly worked for the problem, but not without some strange and dangerous side effects.

Hope this helps.

~Isis