Posts Tagged ‘Muscles’

Is more than 4 Soma per day safe?

July 29th, 2010
someoneoutthereishere asked:


I was recently prescribed darvocet and Soma for a chronic muscle pain condition. I used to take 4 per day, the max daily recommended dose. But when I saw my doctor he said that if needed I could take up to 6.

I looked online and in the literature and info out there, it says that the max dose per day of Soma [Carisoprodol] is 4.

My muscles really hurt bad and would like to take more if it is safe. But obviously don’t want to kill myself and realize that sometimes doctors mess up. I called the pharmacy and they just say follow your dr’s orders, so not much help.

I was wondering if anyone has experience with soma and if so, if you’ve ever taken or been prescribed more than 4 per day? Or even better, hopefully a nurse or doctor on here if that’s not hoping too much. thanks again everyone. i’ve posted a lot of questions lately and have gotten so many great and helpful answers.
The only reason i am questioning the doctor’s order is because the prescription has been being filled for over a year on refills, so the prescription instructions are the same on the bottle [take 4 a day as needed for pain].

but he verbally told me otherwise. and doctors are human and make mistakes. they are busy and may have made a mistake. i was hoping to hear from someone that has taken it, or knows otherwise.

also, i tried calling the doctor this morning but he is on vacation for 2 weeks.

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Can muscle relaxers have a reverse effect sometimes?

April 14th, 2010
Miss Lace asked:


I have been taking a low dose of flexeril for about a month and most times it works great…but sometimes, I have one heck of a night! Literally tossing and turning all night and my muscles feel tight and restless all over (last night was one of those nights). I do take simply sleep or benadryl with it most nights and have noticed when I only take one it seems fine but two benadryls or simply sleeps it seems to make my muscles feel tight but I don’t know what to do because I need simply sleep to sleep most nights…I am not even sure if that is the cause of the reverse effect but it does seem to have a pattern.

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