I sorry. I wish they knew what you had to go thru to get there!

Hello Judy,
I'm sorry you had such a horrific day. The office should have been aware of the fact that this was a first appointment, or what we call an "intake" appointment. Shame on them!

I believe I was the one who mentioned that Zanaflex caused me to have diarrhea. That is not to say that it causes everyone to have diarrhea; it just causes my **** sphincter to relax, and thus the diarrhea. So, I wouldn't rule it out if I were you. Perhaps your "new Neuro" can give you some samples of it and see how you fare on it before you have a script filled for it.

As far as Flexeril, I believe it is prescribed more for acute muscle spasm, such as spams associated with lower back pain. I haven't read too much about it being used in MS, but I may be wrong.

I also want to mention that I can take the Zanaflex, but I had to cut down my dosage (when I was on it) in order to decrease the side-effect of the diarrhea it was causing.

Best of luck to you when you FINALLY have your appointment. I hope it goes well, and that you both get off to a better start then you did today.

All the best,
Chris

Hi Judy...Yes, your Neuro' s staff should be fried to a crisp and then thrown overboard. ssssssssssssssss.

I didn't like baclofen either and I never tried the others. I've just kind of lived with the stiffness, all these years.

When it was really bad, I found that Robaxin helped, without all the side effects. I started taking Robaxin for lower back spasms and then found it helped with the MS spasticity too.

Let us know how your appt goes, OK?