t take during the day,as I have small kids and it made me VERY sleepy!) Then I was put on Skelaxin and I feel like that does nothing( 800mg. 3x day) I could take 2 at one time and still...nothing? I think I'm going to ask to go back on Flexeril(for bed time) to reduce my pain and spasms)
Thanks!
Neither Skelaxin (metaxalone) nor Celebrex (celecoxib) cause dependence. Your body will not crave either medication.
You will not develop tolerance to either medication, nor will you suffer withdrawal symptoms in their absence.
The usual dose of Skelaxin is 800mg every 6 to 8 hours (three or four times a day). Do not exceed the maximum daily dose, and don't mix Skelaxin with alcohol, barbiturates, or other CNS depressants.
She x-rayed my knee and saw arthritis , which I knew was there. I have arthritis both kinds. Have taken 800 mg Ibuprofen for the pain, try not to take it often as I know it elevates BP and harmful to body. I also take aspirin, tylenol, and wear a Flector pain patch when it gets unbearable. I alternate with the pain meds dont take them the same days. The doctor put me on Tramadol for pain and made an appt. with my regular MD April 5th.
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!
The best muscle relaxer I know of for me is flexeril (cyclobenzaprene). It comes in 10 mg (flexeril) and 15 mg (amrix). It really helps me but when I take it, I go to sleep. I don't get a funny feeling and I don't get spaced out. I just get really tired really fast so I only take it at night on bad days and stick to 800mg ibuprofen and/or naproxen, sometimes medrol, which is a steroid..
i was recently told by my doctor, after a blood test that my thyroid level is 800. he has now prescribed Levothyroxin 50 mcg. i am now getting headaches on my left side of my head by my temple. i rarely get headaches, but since this new medicine i have had this headache for a week now.
I fell asleep in all 4 of my naps and entered REM in 30 secs. on one of them. My average fall asleep time or sleep latency was 3.6 mins and average time to enter REM was 5.4 mins. This was my first time having MSLT, but my other 3 overnight sleep test pretty consistent. I get more REM than I need though, but no Stage 3 or 4. My 2nd sleep test was performed taking 4.5 ml of Xyrem at bedtime and again at around 2:00 am and I still got less than 5 minutes of Stage 3 or 4 sleep.
Out of curiosity, today I called my GI who also treats for Hep C and he also said my daily riba dose would be 800 mg because of my weight. Both doctors stated that the 800 mg dosage it is strictly because of my weight and no other reason.
I treated in 2008 with a different doctor, and I weighed the same 115 lbs, and took 1000 mg of riba per day (with pegasys, no PI). I treated for 16 weeks (when I reached UND) and I did not take any rescue drugs (my hgb went from 14.5 pre tx, to 12.0, 10.
As the result of a back injury in February, I began taking Soma and 10 mgs of hydrocodone at night to help me sleep. I took no pain killers during the day, just Skelaxin. I stopped taking Skelaxin several weeks ago and am now in the process of discontinuing the Hydrocodone. I took the last Soma and 1/2 of a 5 mg tablet several nights ago. This is my second round with trying to get off this med. The problem is the insomnia or sleeplessness that occurs in the middle of the night.
This past December I pulled a muscle in my back which turned into a muscle spasm. I was prescribed Diclofenac SO EC 50 mg, Skelaxin 800 mg, Tramadol HCL 50 mg. Two days after taking my medications I had a bad reaction with a 103 degree temperature. I went back to the doctor and he said it wasn't due to the meds and blamed it on bronchitis right after saying that I didn't have symptoms of bronchitis. Another doctor confirmed it was due to a bad reaction to the meds.
The following is from my surgical notes:
I recently had a shoulder surgery (2 months ago), in which I had Impingement Syndrome with limited space for the rotator cuff beneath the anterolateral acromial margin and Labral Detachment. Shoulder Capsule was repaired and two sutures were placed in my shoulder towards the superior apex. I was told that the decompression was successful.
depakote, solu-cortef (hydrocortisone), zofran (not sure why...
But in the meantime doctor said, starting tonight I should reduce riba to 800 mg a day from 1000 mg a day. Doctor is not keen on a transfusion. I am in week 10 of tx and I started incevik tx on 9/28/11 and my last incevik dose will be on 12/21/11. What do you think about the riba reduction? Do you think it is too early to riba reduce? Not sure what my choices are anyway. I am getting weekly cbc's .
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