gabapentin and flexeril

I was prescribed Vicoden 10/325 for pain as well as flexeril and gabapentin. Neither the flexeril or the gabapentin seem to help with muscle tightness, spasms, or nerve pain. I am seeing my doctor again in two days and I wondered if any one could tell me of medications that have worked for you. I have a high tollerence to medication, most do not make me sleepy at all. I have tried Tizanadine in the past but for some reason that medication gives me bad headaches.

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. I was trying to call a friend the other day and I know her number by heart but I dialed half her number and half someone elses.

t think the Flexeril is going to have much w/d but I have been anxious and not sleeping good, especially on the 1 year old pieces, also not very accurate getting 1/2 a pill out of pieces, I have newer just using the old ones 1st. Between the Valium, Gabapentin and Flexeril I've had help sleeping for 20 years. I hate 4-5 hours or less of sleep, can't function well. Went to a Holistic Dr who recommended a glass of wine before bed. That sounds dumb.

Flexeril is a muscle relaxant, not a medication for nerve pain.

Not sure you're right about taking two or more of these can cause it. Two of the drugs affect serotonin, but only trazadone does this primarily. However, any of these drugs by themselves (not including melatonin, which is not a drug and is one of the safest supplements ever studied) could cause all of your side effects and the combination wouldn't be appealing to me.

I have been having so many nights with spasms and jerking of my legs. We have tried many things, like Baclofen, Flexeril, and Gabapentin. Now, we are on 3000 mg. of Gabapentin, and my physiacrist decided to try Valium at 5mg, first week going to 10 mg. the next week, at night time. I was told that in NO WAY can I take the Baclofen, ( warning on bottle), or the flexeril and no grapefruit juice or grapefruit.

This is not good news for me at all. I am 25mcg every 3 days and I am assuming be tossed off my pain management program tomorrow. I have been concerned with withdrawal as I went thru it after my spinal fusion when being hospitalized for 4 days post surgery and on morphine every 2 hours the entire time. coming home sucked! I thought I was going nuts. the second day I took myself off all meds completely thinking it was the percocet 10s they had me on plus flexeril and gabapentin...

Well I notice the one common thing so far is that well all are not on DMD's and we all take Gabapentin. Me? Im also taking amitryptaline (spell?) prozac and nuvigil. And occasionally percocet for pain.

The combination of Gabapentin and Flexeril are already having a far more extreme effect on me than the Oxycodone did. I feel very foggy, much more sleepy, and generally less alert/involved in what's going on around me. Making matters worse, I've been having flashbacks to the accident (I was already prone to PTSD) so the doc also put me on Paxil (10mg to start, to increase to 20mg in 2 weeks) to control the PTSD symptoms.

I was taking soma, however I informed the doctor that I was feeling to grogy and miserable when I would wake in the morning. I to am allergic to flexeril so my specialist put me on 20mg lioresal ( generic name baclofen) taken one per night. Also I have found that taking 600mg neurontin (generic name gabapentin) three times per day help make the pain a little more tolerable. Everyone is different and you will soon find a regimen that works for you.

Gabapentin, baclofen, flexeril, slow stretching, conserve energy, use wheelchair when out and about. Know my limits and stop before I hit them. That's the hardest one.

As far as I know Gabapentin and other anti-seizure medications don't have any effect on the functioning of the peripheral nerves. They sort of calm down the brain's response to input like the misfiring of nerves so all they really do is reduce your perception of the pain in the brain. So logically, I don't see how taking Gabapentin would have any effect on the results of this test, but like Wobbly said it's probably a good idea to ask your doctor or nurse.

I haven't heard back from the doctor yet, but as soon as I know something I'll post. I'm on a muscle relaxant (Flexeril) and Gabapentin. But I'm not on baclofen. My leg spasticity hasn't been bad compared to the others that I've heard in the group -- and usually as long as I stay on my muscle relaxant, I'm fine. Would the Gabapentin help for spasticity? I have no trouble taking meds -- I'm also on meds for my thyroid, epilepsy, depression, GERD and allergies.

My neuro is ridiculously conservative. I had left side pain and muscle spasms so bad that I basically didn't sleep for a year. She prescribed flexeril and Naproxen (prescription strength Aleve). She might as well have given me tic-tacs. I got a little relief but not really. She finally tried me on Baclofen, but I couldn't handle it. I am not on flexeril and neurontin and it has mad a difference.

I first stopped the tramadol, 1 1/2 weeks later I stopped the gabapentin and then a few days later the flexeril. 14 days ago i cut Norco dose from 4 per day to 2. I felt so much better that 13 days ago i took 1/2 at 5:30am and that was the last. I did take a couple xanax the first 3 days of w/d but flushed them with everything else. my back pain has been tolerable. I have had to take a couple OTC ibuprofen for my back or headache and immodium because of stomach issues.

I recently started having to take gabapentin and it seems to be making me swell really bad! It makes my feet, legs, hands, & face swell up. Is this normal? Also started taking backofen for muscle spasms and every time I take it 20 to 30 mins later I get a pretty bad headache. Is this normal? Thank u for the advise and info in advance! Have a wonderful and blessed day!

I've had several nerve root blocks as well as epidural injections. Some worked for awhile and some not at all. There are several different kinds of injections such as facet joints, nerve blocks, and even a chemical that sort of burns the nerve ends. After a double cervical fusion and a triple bilateral lumbar fusion, I am back to getting more injections. (I actually have a sacroiliac steriod injection tomorrow.) I am also taking gabapentin, mobic and flexeril.

When this round started, I took a flexeril, xanax and a gabapentin, and its not helping! I have been trying to taper off the gabapentin and I am really worried that this is going to make the neuropathic pain more unbearable. I just cannot afford it right now. My last Dr said to taper over three weeks and to start Elavil, well I am hesitant to even start it because I have taken it before with the gabapentin and it didn't help at all. I ended up increasing the gabapentin.

The mechanism by which Gabapentin exerts its anticonvulsant action is unknown, but in animal test systems designed to detect anticonvulsant activity, Gabapentin prevents seizures as do other marketed anticonvulsants. Gabapentin exhibits antiseizure activity in mice and rats in both the maximal electroshock and pentylenetetrazole seizure models and other preclinical models (e.g., strains with genetic epilepsy, etc.). The relevance of these models to human epilepsy is not known.

I wake up every night at 2-3 AM and am either restless or in pain, or both, staying awake for several hours sometimes unable to sleep. In mornings, I have associated heaviness and pulling tired sensations. I have fatigue, probably secondary to the insomnia. I require Norco 10/325 QID and even that is not sufficient for full relief. EMG/NCS negative. MRI brain, back, knee/patellofemoral region or pain negative, X-RAY or legs negative, venous/arterial ultrasound with ABI are both negative.

I also get tremors in both hands due to my MS. My Neuro just started me on Gabapentin and baclofen and I have noticed that my hand tremors have stopped. I'm not sure which medicine is the one that is providing the result though.

The only thing helps me is taking flexeril and xanax. I take gabapentin for pain and it does help getting the burn out. Let us know.

I have hashimotos By the way. I am asking because i am hanving jaw tension and pain now and want to take the flexeril but i am afraid it might trigger my hyop tyroidism.

then i was involved in a car accident and was prescribed flexeril 7 days ago. the palps started 30 mins after the first pill. i just thought it was stress from the accident and "oh great, the skips are back"...until they became debilitating, and my bp dropped to 90/50, where as it is usually 115/75.i went to the dr. AGAIN and he said to go see a cardioloist AGAIN.

TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I AM TAKING FLEXERIL FOR THE SPASMS AND TAKING GABAPENTIN TO CURB SOME OF THE PAIN. I ALSO WILL WEAR LIDODERM PATCHES WHEN IT IS REALLY BAD, THEY ARE EXPENSIVE LITTLE BOOGERS THOUGH.

My big fear is epilepsy Oxy use to make me shake and bite my tongue but since i been on 200mg Lamictal it has stopped I read Flexeril may cause seizure but then I also read the opposite. Even if I am not epileptic I like to play it safe as my Doc is out, and the pharmacy worker never seems to know anything. So does Flexeril increase seizure risk or is that just for (diagnosed) epileptics? I don't want to add it to the oxy and have a attack.

steroid infusions have helped me with TN and occipital neuralgia. I take lyrica (300 mg) and gabapentin (900 mg) both, with percocet for breakthrough pain. I'm also exploring acupuncture as a treatment, though this is very new. My biggest problem with the anti-seizure drugs is that I feel like my body acclimates to them pretty quickly, so I'm constantly upping the dosage. Sorry to hear about your pain. I know how you feel.

I pay over $4500 in premiums and probably the same in co-pays, deductibles and co-insurance and they fight me on $45 prescriptions. It's a bunch of crap. Anyway. They are sending me the new Flexeril scrip for 10mg 3x/day. I'm thinking this will do that trick because that's what I took yesterday and I feel a heck of a lot better today! Now I just need to work on the fatigue and I'll be ready to rock and roll!

I been taking flexeril for years because of muscle pain due to Lupus and for the last 2 months have been being treated for severe indigestion as a side effect of the med Verapimil. I was wondering if the flexeril could relax the sphincter muscle that is involved in GERD? Please give me any ideas or info you might have regarding if the flexeril would be contraindicated due to the GERD situation? Thanks, God bless!

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