My doc prescribed it for muscle pain -- my body is almost always tense, even if I get a massage, the relaxing effect of it wears off after about an hour or so, and I'm still tense, it won't go away, pain on my sides, my upper back. I have been getting massage/acupuncture for a while and the problem is veeeerrrrry slooooowlyyy resolving.
I haven't started taking it yet, because I'm wary of pills/pharmacuticials -- I've heard it knocks a lot of people out.
Y'all have any experience or advice?
2006-07-12 17:52:34 · 3 answers · asked by emm 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Typical muscle relaxer, they are all about the same. Flexeril isn't very strong compared to carisoprodol.
It will chill you out, but it isn't addictive or anything. It is over the counter in most countries.
Try one before you go to bed so if it makes you tired you can just crash.
It won't cure the cause of your tension but it will help you relax for an hour or so. Kinda like cough meds.
May I suggest chelated calcium magnesium pill before bedtime. These minerals are essential for relaxation and if you take a good dose you will know it. Magnesium is one of the most defecient minerals in the american diet and calcium isn't easily absorbed so you have to get the chelated form. Solved my problems completely.
Here is a brand easily available at your local drugstore:
http://www.ediblenature.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=11736
2006-07-18 06:39:57 · answer #1 · answered by blinky doodles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a pharmacy assistant. I have never taken Flexeril/cyclobenzaprine, but I guess it's a synthetic pain killer. It is bound to be less potent than the real stuff, Vicodin, Percocet, etc. Since it's synthetic, though, it isn't a controlled substance, but I have seen customers get a bit cranky when I tell them that it is too early to refill their Rx for it. So, the possibility of attachment is always present when it comes to pain killers, but probably to a lot lesser a degree with this one.
(Edit: Upon further research (wikipedia.org), it may not be synthetic. Nevertheless, it isn't a controlled substance, though I'm not sure why not.)
2006-07-12 17:57:58 · answer #2 · answered by perfectlybaked 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Advice: take it when you're about to go to sleep because it does knocks you down. But in the morning you will feel a lot better from your muscles.
2006-07-12 17:58:04 · answer #3 · answered by nightsoul_7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flexaril will relax you but if I were you I would not take it during work hours. I did not have any adverse affects from taking flexaril so try it. I am like you, wary of pharms so try it and I hope that you get better.
2006-07-12 17:57:16 · answer #4 · answered by Shikibeeks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of its atropine-like action, FLEXERIL should be used with caution in patients with a history of urinary retention, angle-closure glaucoma, increased intraocular pressure, and in patients taking anticholinergicmedication.
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The plasma concentration of cyclobenzaprine is increased in patients with hepatic impairment. These patients are generally more susceptible to drugs with potentially sedating effects, including cyclobenzaprine. FLEXERIL should be used with caution in subjects with mild hepatic impairment starting with a 5 mg dose and titrating slowly upward. Due to the lack of data in subjects with more severe hepatic insufficiency, the use of FLEXERIL in subjects with moderate to severe impairment is not recommended.
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It is not known whether this drug is excreted in human milk. Because cyclobenzaprine is closely related to the tricyclic antidepressants, some of which are known to be excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when FLEXERIL is administered to a nursing woman.
Safety and effectiveness of FLEXERIL in pediatric patients below 15 years of age have not been established.
The plasma concentration of cyclobenzaprine is increased in the elderly. The elderly may also be more at risk for CNS adverse events such as hallucinations and confusion, cardiac events resulting in falls or other sequelae, drug-drug and drug-disease interactions. For these reasons, in the elderly, cyclobenzaprine should be used only if clearly needed. In such patients FLEXERIL should be initiated with a 5 mg dose and titrated slowly upward.
http://www.all-americanpharmacynow.com
2014-09-27 08:14:04 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have taken it a few times and it really didn't seem to help me at all.however,my problem was always back strain or injury.it may work for you.it definitely didn't knock me out.
2006-07-12 17:59:24 · answer #6 · answered by stranger in a strange land 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It used to knock me on my butt. Now I can take it and work a 12 hour shift. You just have to get used to it.
2006-07-12 17:55:43 · answer #7 · answered by asitcomes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes people really loopy.
2006-07-12 17:55:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋