Does skelaxin have codeine in it
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it affects ur life negatively....ur getting it on the internet or streets, It sounds like u have a condition and its being treated. Sounds fine to me. Ur right that as soon as u say u are on pain meds people freak out and think ur an addict. That isnt always the case. I think being an addict means u r misusing ur medecine or ur taking medecine that isnt prescribed to u. Just because u take meds everyday doesnt automatically make u an addict that needs help.
Having some very bad lower back pain today that tylenol isn't touching. I was wondering about Skelaxin. I have some and have taken it in the past...but don't even remember side effects or how I felt taking it or anything. Is this addictive?Anybody know anything about it? Thanks!
I tKe it as prescribed I have never gone over the maximum dose, I am just concerned about possible withdrawal or anything like that from skelaxin. I have read up on it a lot and it seems pretty harmless and safe, especially compared to other back pain medications. I have refused somas and other narcotics because I don't want to go down that road. Just concerned if say I work 5 days in a row and I take the skelaxin every day. Than I'm off for two days.
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I was prescribe Soma for many yers-I have 5 herniated disk, DDD, sciatica and Arthritis in my back. I get muscle spasms that are horrendous. The Soma DID work for me. Recently the FDA classified it as a narcotic, or at least put it in the same class. If you don't have muscle problems I would not take it. It is habit forming. Again, it is ONLY for muscle spasms or any other muscle problem. It will NOT help with the pain in your back.
My doc just gave me Skelaxin for my back pain and said it might help. I have been trying to cut back taking hydro and I don't want to take anything that is going to make me woosey. I started into therapy last week and it is really making my back hurt. The nurosurgeon I saw said I have from L-1 to S-1 messed up and he does not think surgery would help any. So he just said take the hydro because your not taking that many (only 3 a day 7.
I have never been much of a drinker, if i had 5 drinks/year that was a lot. In the last year I have found that I enjoy a glass of wine or two in the evening. At the most I may drink 1-2 glasses 4 nights/week but usually less.
What do you think is the most likely cause of elevated liver emzymes? How high is considered alarming?
I discovered by accident that the codeine helped it actually so it became a double whammy, I took it for the pain in my head, and I took it for the RLS. I know it can get worse from decreasing narcotics though, my husband was taking morphine for an accident with pain and nerve damage and when he finally was able to cut down and then quit as he got better, he experienced it and he does not have RLS as a stand-alone thing.
re right pain must be controlled but do you abuse your prescribed amount and it sounds like you have been on it a long time, 2 years. You have a permanent injury does that mean you have permanent pain that cannot be controlled by something that is not opiate and extremely habit forming? The opiates can make your pain worse or less bearable over time. You also admitted you have taken them to feel high so you should really seach your heart about this.
You are unable to find a substitute because the formulation of Fiorinal differs from country to country. In the US, it contains aspirin, a barbiturate (butalbital) and caffeine. In other countries instead of caffeine, codeine may be used. You can ask the doctor to give you a drug that had aspirin, a barbiturate and codeine. A barbiturate and codeine combination without aspirin will also help. Take care!
This drug is a TRIPLE-THREAT in that it has not just one, but THREE highly addicting substances (if u include Codeine)... The Barbiturate, Codeine and the Caffeine (tho that's not life-threatening).
I'm so sorry your wife is struggling with this ... AWARENESS MUST BE RAISED about this crazyily addictive drug! Users including ME have been flying under the radar for years when it comes to using / abusing this substance. It's only classified as a Sched III drug!
I take (and abuse) fioricet with codeine capsules... Bultalbital is the generic name.... I do not know how much codeine is in each capsule, but I know one should NEVER take more than ten in 24 hours due to respitory depression which can cause death...
Hi vicki,
As far as the fioricet, for the past 10 days I have been taking one regular then one with codeine later in the day. I only have two codeine left. I am going to cut back to just one fioricet a day. My question is how long do I need to take it untill it's safe to stop? At what point are you safe from seizures? That's what scares me to death. I have been taking fioricet with codeine since last feb/march 2-3 a day Once in a while 4.
2 days later, I was told to stop taking the codeine, and instead take Loperamide. This is what I have recently started to take, and though it lessens the frequency, the stool is still pretty much liquid/mucus, and some blood every day. The stool being either a mix of maroon or dark brown.
Today I recieved the results of the stool sample, and it was fine, with no action needed. The stool sample however, was submitted when the codeine was making it look normal, without blood.
Having DDD in the neck is going to leave you with some pain that may be exagerated in the first few weeks. give it just a little time to level out before you try to judge what your "normal" pain will be. Try some ben-gay as well, it helped for me, and the awful stink of it seemed to help with the drippy nose! :) Hang in there, you're doing great!
I have been getting an aura in both eyes (like a migraine aura with no headache that lasts about 15minutes to a half hour) since I was told to increase my neurontin, daily,but I was also put on Celebrex and Skelaxin at the same time. I've been off of Skelaxin since March 2010. I went off of Celebrex first as I read an article that was in a New Zealand journal of medicine that said it causes rare (9/300 people) visual disturbance.
I have never had any involvement with drugs - I am nearly 70 - and I have been very naive, believing everything she said about how well she was managing the drugs. It is horrible to realise I cannot trust my own daughter. I have found that addicts become cheating, lying and manipulative. She didn't ask to be put on the pain killers and she doesn't deserve to be treated with contempt, as sometimes happens with her doctor's receptionist.
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