i'm glad you got an answer cheryl. and glad you're feeling a bit better.
i didn't know but also was going to suggest the pharmacist.

2 days on half dose with no side effects of withdrawal. No increase in spasticity so far either. All good stuff.

I re-read the link that Cherie provided with all the information about Soma and I think if I had known all that before I was rx'd this drug, I would have thought about it twice before taking it! Wow! But then again, I was in such pain, maybe not!

Good to hear you are withdrawing comfortably, Cheryl. It sounds like that is the exception rather then the rule with this med.

It seems we always have to look for the lesser of the two evils when it comes to coping with this disease, don't we. Even then, it seems our "solutions" often only last for so long, before we have to start looking for a new fix.

I guess Sinemet stopped working for you for a while? Or did the pain just get worse and you need something more effective (for you) at the time?

Hopefully Sinemet is the answer again . . . for however long it lasts.

Cherie

Sinemet was working, it has a side effect that I just got tired of dealing with - stomach upset. Docs were getting concerned with all the weight I was losing and thought maybe switching me to Soma would would alleviate that. Plus it would help with my insomnia. No more ambien.

Well, it was a failed experiment. Soma just wasn't stopping the spasms. In fact, they have increased and I am not getting any sleep, and I am not willing to up the dose of Soma.

So, I am willing to put up with the stomach upset - back to popping Maalox with it, it's not really that bad. I'd rather have less spasms so I can sleep and occasional upset stomach than spasms and no sleep.

Hmmm . . . a spasticity pill with a bonus. Sounds like something I could use.

Cherie

It's a parkinsons drug. Combo of two drugs - carbidopa and levidopa. I am taking 2 25/100 tabs. It comes in CR and a couple of other strengths too. It works. Most meds upset my stomach.

I have just learned not to take it the same times as Provigil so I only take it at night now.

Well, I hope that helps you. But it stinks you have to put up with upset stomach. Have you tried (or can you ask about) zanaflex? I only use it at night because it knocks me out. But no upset stomach from that and it works pretty well.

I take robaxim (methocarbamol) during the day, but I'd doubt if that's strong enough for what you need. Not as strong as flexeril (maybe like 5 mgs but I took flex 10's), but it doesn't make me sleepy.

Thanks!

Can't take Zanaflex, baclofen nor flexeril. Robaxim puts me out like a light. Anything that causes drowsiness puts me out.

I can live with the stomach issues...it isn't that bad. I would rather have that than the spasticity!