I'll say this, soma (the brand name of carisprodol) is a pretty strong muscle relaxer. Last year, August '15, I broke my back in three places, my right arm and the rotator cuff. At the prime of my pain, I was using a 100mcg fentanyl patch every two days, Roxy 30's 3-4 times a day, and soma 350mg 3x a day (comes in 250 as well).
Soma itself is pretty freaking strong, look up "soma coma" on YouTube and see for yourself. But soma combined with ANY amount of opiate (not even CLOSE to what I was prescribed), and you are literally K.O'ed, as in passed out, no chance of waking up until time plays it's course. Carisprodol is also the hardest muscle relaxer you can get, very difficult to get prescribed because when it breaks down into your body it turns into a potent something called "metabromite", which was banned decades ago because it really had no medical use.
Kinda hard to feel muscle pain if you're in a coma.
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lurch91 ago
I'll say this, soma (the brand name of carisprodol) is a pretty strong muscle relaxer. Last year, August '15, I broke my back in three places, my right arm and the rotator cuff. At the prime of my pain, I was using a 100mcg fentanyl patch every two days, Roxy 30's 3-4 times a day, and soma 350mg 3x a day (comes in 250 as well).
Soma itself is pretty freaking strong, look up "soma coma" on YouTube and see for yourself. But soma combined with ANY amount of opiate (not even CLOSE to what I was prescribed), and you are literally K.O'ed, as in passed out, no chance of waking up until time plays it's course. Carisprodol is also the hardest muscle relaxer you can get, very difficult to get prescribed because when it breaks down into your body it turns into a potent something called "metabromite", which was banned decades ago because it really had no medical use.
Kinda hard to feel muscle pain if you're in a coma.