Back Pain Support Group

Back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical care. In fact, about 3 in 4 adults will experience back pain during their lifetime! The term back pain includes pain affecting the neck, midback and low back. Acute back pain may begin suddenly with intense pain but typically lasts fewer than three months. Usually, chronic back pain is persistent, steady, and...

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Hello, I suffer from muscle cramps in my lower back just near each side of lower spine for years, as if someones fist are pressing into my lower back, while walking, or standing. At time's causing the sciatic nerve to flare up and I'm in bed for a week or two. Nothing shows up on ex-rays or MRI, family doctor just but me on a daily muscle relaxer Naproxen,that is helping to a degree. My question; Some of you mention a medication name Soma? Is this muscle relaxer over the counter, and is it stronger then Naproxen? Thank You!
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HEY THERE. YEAH IT IS STRONGER THAN NAPROXEN. REALLY ALLS NAPROXEN IS IS ALEVE WHICH CAN WORK FINE BUT SOMA I THINK HAS MORE OF A PAIN KILLER IN IT AS WELL. I HAVE BEEN ON THE TWO FOR QUITE SOME TIME SO BE CAREFUL, I FOUND THAT WITH ME ANYWAYS I BUILT UP A TOLERANCE TO THEM BOTH AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WAS TAKING ALOT OF THEM TO WORK THE WAY THEY DID IN THE BEGINING. LET ME KNOW HOW IT GOES
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I use to be a nurse and like the last posting is correct but there are other good muscle relaxers I have been on flexaril for years, zanaflex I alternated between these before they completely quit working now I am on baclophen which should only be used as a last resort.

there are other muscle relaxers out there but I had adverse reactions to all of them but I will give you there names any way Skelaxin is very expensive and fairly new it didn't work at all for me and caused severe migraines that lasted for a week after I went off of it.
Robaxin is in the same class but more sedating It also caused a severe headache after a few days of being on it but it worked great on the muscle spasms occationally I still end up on it from time to time for a day or two just until the headache starts but sometimes this is worth it just to get my back to relax from massive spasms.
Soma is a muscle relaxer and it has been a very long time since I took it techniqually it is only suppose to be taken for short term use it is also available with codiene which is a narcotic based pain reliever.

I make a homemade muscle rub that works really well I do not have the recipe in front of me now but I have posted it be for and it is on the internet it has ginger, mustard, cayanee pepper If you want it message me
hurtingangel
hurtingangel
Hi Rebeka, Soma was a miracle drug for me, it was the only one out of all the others listed in the other posts that worked for me helped alot with the spasms, and pain as well, but that is only my experience,
best of luck to you.
Lisa
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Thank you guy's for the responds, my Naproxen 500mg has made me ill and I have rashes on my body. We all know what that means "Sensitive," Therefore, I've had to quit taken it. I go back to my Family Dr. in a couple months. Hopefully he will give me something else to try. Again, thank you!
jasmine0523
jasmine0523
Hi there.Soma(carisoprodol) is not over the counter. It needs a prescription. Have you ever tried the Bengay patches. Sometimes they work. I do think I would go for a second opinion. Sciatica usually means there is a pinched nerve somewhere.
Good luck
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Thanks everyone, each of you have been so very, very, supportive and helpful. I went back to my family Dr. and he placed me on Soma, and woo! this medication relaxes me and puts me to sleep. I only take it on an P.R.N. order and it working for me, Thank Goodness! for some relief..
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Hi.I am a newbie here..I have Peripheral Neuropathy and Spinal Stenosis ..I asked for an MRI because the past year when I am standing or walking I am in so much back pain. The MRI read that my spinal stenosis is not all that bad..but gee my pain sure is bad! I have terrible tight bands ..like cramps around my toes, arches, heels and ankles and my internist says it is probably circulation problems.. she prescribed SOMA..I took it for a week. It made me so tired and sleepy and on the 6th or 7th day made me very nervous and jittery so I called my doctor and she took me off of it. Of course I am on a lot of meds and maybe that is the reason. That is my experience with SOMA and it didn't help the cramps in my feet one bit.
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