can i break flexeril in half

OK I may just take a half of one its just unbearable and I would like to get some sleep tonight

My doctor prescribed flexiril and pain meds. I take them as needed, I usually take half of a muscle relaxer though cause they make me so sleepy!

I would take it at the last resort and probably cut it in half as well.....I'm low tolerance to medicine and I don't normally take to much medicine at that! I have many times cut the flexeril into 4s and taken enough to help me relax and get some decent sleep.

I am really torn up right now. I know I should quit cold turkey and just be done. But I am very scared about going through with drawls. I still need to wait six days for an appointment. With the other meds I have now , will they help me get through the withdrawls? I have 100mg seroquil and some flexirl.

I heard that you could break them in half so that the drowness when u wake isnt so bad.Has anyone done this and did they still work or should i just take the whole thing?Im just afraid that they will be to strong.I only weigh 115pds.I also take .25mg of zanax at night to help relive night and morn anxiety cause thats wen its the worse.I dont take the zanax any other time unless i have a real bad panic attack. Im also supposed to take the flexell at night.

Wow, I'm out of action for at least 16 hours after just one Flexeril! And for the entire next day I'm a space cadet.

I have a question, I took a drug screen but I took flexeril, will flexeril make you fail a drug screen. Anyone that can help me I will be ever so greatful!!!

i take 5 mg if i can 10 only if i feel i am really hurting...it gives me a hang over a little bit in the morning and that is why i rarely take it ..everyone is different tho perhaps if i took it more often maybe the drowsiness would not be as bad...not supposedly addicting but then again i see people posting about all knds of stuff that i never knew was addicting like nyquil..

Us Gemini's are having a ball with Flexeril! I just started taking it. I must say I got a great night sleep for once! Have arthritis, chronic insomnia, partial paralysis, hypersensitive to pain. The generic vicoden wires me badly, can't take after 4pm. Really want to take percocet for pain, works great but got a new doc (old one retired) and she gave me vicoden instead-BAD idea!

pm dr then upped gabapentin back to original post op dose and fentanyl 25 mcg every 3 days. I am thinking I am going to be in hell withdrawing. I babysit my grandkids 5 and 8,so this is going to be interesting,would be easier I think if I could isolate myself till it's over. Any ideas as to how long I can expect it to last and what is the normal protocol for weaning ?

Thank you Sandee and Tuck, for your quick responses... I know the addiction/dependence question is probably not at issue, however, I do think that the withdrawal may be related to the flexeril, as I have tried to weed out any other of life's influences as well as I can. I have been taking two to three 10 mg tablets a day, to help me stay away from Norco, and the rest of the opioid family... and now I would like to stopt the flexeril...

my muscles are so tight and knotted that it can leave me in tears (20 year old male). i have been taking flexeril for a year, and i have only used two bottles (60 10mg tablets) however, when i took one two nights ago, i began to shake and get very cold. following that immediately was immense pain in my chest, and extreme pressure going against my breathing. it was all night long until i could breath normally, i was so light headed from panting that it made me nauseous.

I just need to get through the next two weeks of finals how I am not sure. I asked for suboxon however she said no. I do not know if I can do this alone but I am going to try. I am scared pain messes with my breathing.

Does anyone in here know anything about tramadol? it was prescribed for me today along with flexeril for my back pain. i don't know anyuthing about them as norco was my DOC for many years and also methadone, both for the pain i am now treating with this new stuff. would like to know what the stuff is.

Both bottles state the dosage on them that you can take. The Flexeril I believe was given to me after I had some dental work done to help loosen my jaw/neck muscles because I ended up with Trismus. And the Norflex was given to me by my old PCP awhile ago because I mentioned during a visit my neck and shoulders were chronically tight. I suppose I could call my NL and see which one she recommends.... I just Hate calling there!!

I take 40mg Lipitor. I was getting it thru a source that gave me 80mg to split. This was a BIG pill, and when split often felt pretty rough going down. I can imagine that some (wimps) would feel threatened by this. (Or, indeed MIGHT actually get in trouble with it.) I now get 40mg tab, and they are easier to swallow. But I vote for: $They get more for 90 40mg than for 45 80mg$.

I have taken the lowest dose and only once a day so I hope I can just chop the pill in half then quarters and take something to help me sleep. It does work on the brain stem. So I don't know what to expect. But at some point I will have to get off of it. I was not asking for a specific plan rather what peoples experiences were when getting off of it. I figure since it made me really sleepy before that it will do the opposite after getting off.

I agree, break it in half for a few days. You'll be fine.

Yes both were prescribed but by different doctors. My specialist know about all meds I was previously prescribed. He told me not to take the valium I had been prescribed but I could continue the flexeril with the gabapentin as needed. I see him on the first of July and since I am newly diagnosed I have so many questions. I feel a little lost. I have been having so many problems remembering things. Forgetting what I was saying right in the middle of saying it.

Well, I'm home, and feeling fine (well, the new "normal," as they say). Thank you all for your prayers, etc. It appears that perhaps I shouldn't combine the two. I'm supposed to contact MS neuro in the morning to discuss the Amantadine as a possible suspect, since it can cause tremors, shaking, etc.

Are these patches dangerous ? Addictive ? Can I become physically or mentally addicted in two in a half months.

Is flexeril harmful to my baby at 29 weeks?? I was thinking of taking a half pill. Not for regular use, just in extreme pain.

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