Soma Dangers And Overdose

could someone tell me if a person takes soma, can they overdose? my best friend im afraid is addicted and going to end up dead.

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of course your friend could overdose. But I would not worry as long as they aren't taking like 7 or 8 a day unless they are mixing it with much heavier drugs

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YES, YOU NEED TO BE VERY VERY WORRIED. I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THE BATTLE OF ADDICTION TO SOMA FOR MANY YEARS. IT IS SO ADDICTIVE ALOT OF DOCS DO NOT USE AT ALL. IT IS INSANELY ADDICTIVE. I HAD 5 DUI'S ON SOMA AND COUNTLESS OVERDOSES AND HAVING MY STOMACH PUMPED. YOU DONT HAVE TO MIX IT TO DIE BUT IT DOES HELP

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Yes Cindy is correct. The simple fact of the matter is that our bodies can become addicted to anything we use or take regularly for a prolonged period of time, anything from your morning coffee to that evening Tylenol before going to bed.

What you have to look at, is first of all, do they have a reason to be using it all the time? Do they have a pain or muscle condition that requires it and is it being prescribed by their doctor? If the answers are no, then they have a problem and should not be using it.

Secondly, how many do they use in a day? Do they use the amount prescribed by their doc? Or do they use more than they are supposed to and run out early each month?

If they do run out early, how do they act about it? Does the person just chill and say well I see my doc soon and I will be fine until then, or are they in a panic trying to obtain another few pills for their next fix?

There are all common things to watch for in drug seeking and addictive behavior.

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soma can kill you. You do not need to mix with anything. 7 or 8 pills a day will not do it in a majority of the time. however a tolerence to the drug is easy to obtain.( yes it is a drug when not taken as directed)medication taken as directed. someone very close to we was taking 10 to 12 pills at a time, SEVERAL TIMES A DAY because she was told it is also a pain reliever. The pain relief comes naturally when spasm stop. any way this person was almost comatose most of the time until she ran out and then went to the pharmacy and asked the pharmacist to give her some to hold her over till she got a new script. it usually worked.

if you know anyone in this bad, you need to do what i did. YOU THREATEN THE DOCTOR WITH MEDICAL MALPRACTICE IF THEY PRESCRIBE IT TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND YOU GOTO THE PHARMACIES THEY GO TO GET THE DRUG AND THREATEN THEM AS WELL THEN YOU STAY WITH THAT PERSON TO HELP THEM THRU THE WITHDRAWEL AND LET THEM KNOW YOU LOVE THEM AND YOU ARE THERE FOR THEM..

I SAVED HER LIFE. WE ARE STILL MARRIED AND SHE IS STILL CLEAN OF THAT DRUG. SHE STILL TAKES THEM BUT ONLY WHEN I GIVE THEM TO HER (AS DIRECTED BY THE DOCTOR

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Soma - is addictive. I have been abusing them for 21/2 years. I started at 6 - 8 pills a day and end the end I was up to 120 - 180 everyday. This number is no joke. I received one DUI and had more than 20 overdoses where I was treated at the hospital. As a result of this drug use I lost my Job My House, Wife, Kids. Many people including addiction MD's told me that this drug does not form a true physical dependence but rather a mental one. But I can assure at the levels I was taking them I was both. One side note here. I am 6'1 275 pounds and I slowly built a tolerance to this drug. ,y life was saved many times by EMR teams that is the only reason I am alive today. Please don't try to shoot for this level of drug use as it will end in death.

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Soma can certainly be psychologically addictive. I became additive to soma and other pain meds for 2 herniated disks in my back. When I tried to break the addition on my own, I suffered a grand mal seizure. I then went into a detox program and got of all the meds. I now am in recovery, have had no substances for 19 months. My pain is much better OFF the meds. My entire life has changed for the better. I am very thankful to be rid of all those pills!

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Anyone with any history of addictive behaviour should never be prescribed or use Soma. While it is not considered a controlled substance, it does have a Central Nervious System depressant quality. Like all CNS depressants, if they are prescribed for any length of time, they patient needs to be medically monitored when they stop taking them. It is common for individuals who abuse Some, to suffer a seizer even as much as two weeks after last taking them. This is a serious situation! Please consult an addictionologist if you know anyone who is abusing Soma and intend to help them.

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soma is highly addictive i was in a car accident 4 years ago and was put on codene and was fine i moved to another state and the dr put me on soma. i was never addicted to the codene but 1 soma is all it took it got so bad that i would constantly be passing out. my intake went from 6 to 8 a day to well over 16 per day. i somehow managed to finish school with honors. however i blackedout 3/14/09 while driving hit a car and hurt myself and totalled my car the others were fine. i spent 4 days in jail and admitted myself into a rehab. I had my pills on me and I was charged with possession of a narcotic as well as intent to sell because my dr would write my script for 3 months at a time.
please if you have a loved one on soma do something. my doctor wont even return my call and most importantly they dont know they have a problem. we lose all preception of time and how many we have taken i know i have been in one too many soma comas.

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has anyone tried Carimax brand carisoprodol? It's manufatcured in India. Any info at all would be helpful, thanks.

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I have taken soma for years. One tablet 30 minutes before bedtime whenever I am hurting. This stuff knocks me out. I wouldn't be able to function if I took it during the day. It is a powerful muscle relaxant, I would think it would stop your heart if you took enough of it.

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I wouldn't take anything from another country nor by mail I assume you may have ordered this online . Worried

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I watched my husband take 12 soma's one night just to put him to sleep, and it was like his body was convulsing. He was looking at me, and wasn't talking. His hands were going a mile a minute. I was so scared. I finally got it to calm down, and he fell asleep. I don't know what to do. He says he can't sleep without them. I want to tell the doctor to stop prescribing them to him, but I don't want to overstep my boundry.

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my husband took six somas today, I am very worried he is now sleeping, he usually doesn't take any drugs

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my husband took six somas today, I am very worried he is now sleeping, he usually doesn't take any drugs, is he going to be okay?

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Was that with or without ingestion of anything else; i.e. other narcotic pain medicines, alcohol, etc.? My jaw is on the floor after reading how many people abuse Soma. I'm just trying to find relief from "knock-you-over, make you wanna' puke & blubber like a 3 yr. old with wet drawers" kind of menstrual cramps & had taken 1 & 1/2 Soma & 2 Tylenol a few hours ago & as it's just going on 5:00 am, I refuse to be the asshat pt. that calls the doc to ask them. Seriously people; STOP abusing prescription meds as there is a sort of holocaust going on & there is no way that any reliable information to tell you what taking 5, 7, 10+ Soma tablets will do to you. I take a literal menu of meds for Systemic Lupus & other auto-immune issues, including narcotics but am new to Soma. I think people forget that medications are to help you live a PRODUCTIVE life without suffering, not to have you bobbing & weaving like you are drunk. I wish could just find info that can tell me when it is safe to take more Soma instead of how much to take to get high. Being young & stupid is awesome, but abusing medications to get high is DANGEROUS! Go smoke pot to get high, take medicines to get BETTER! Wow, just wow!

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Soma Is a wonderful and extremely helpful drug if taken the way it is prescribed and IF YOU NEED IT. I have extreme neck, shoulder, and back spasms from injured disks over the years. I am 5ft 120pds. I have been taking 2 somas at bedtime for 10 years or more and 4mg zanaflex. I have never had the urge to just take more than I need just to get a high. When you start to take a pill, any pill, ask yourself. Am I hurting and want relieve or am I looking for a pleasure high. About every 3 or 4 months, I stop taking my soma , dilaudid, and lortab-10 cold turkey just to get it out of my system for a while. I usually stay off of it for at least 3 weeks, I am still in alot of pain, but I take aleve, and advil and suck it up!!! My neuroligist told me that as long as you are in severe pain and do not have an addictive nature, you will not get addicted to pain meds. So,for some good advice on Soma, if taken correctly you will get alot of relieve.

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FYI... My doctor told me this week that this will be my last soma prescription (have been taking it for years). He said that the FDA is going to ban soma scripts in the near future. Too many deaths and the manufacturer has many law suits against it. Not sure if it's true, but this is this 2nd doc that has told me something like this.

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Three soma dui's in 2 months...last 2 within a week. They were prescribed and I was hopelessly addicted. I almost died from pill withdrawal. Also addicted to Vicodin and Klonopin. My life was a living hell! Had to start a whole new life and am two years' clean ! Thank God I did not kill anyone and I'm not drooling and weaving baskets in some state institution.

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what r u doing now? Still using? Only asking so I can help you. Soma is a b****! It is evil...I can say this 'cause I know. You gotta know this too!

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Soma is an evil drug. After my accident and spinal fusion my Dr. gave me Soma to ease muscle tension. Surgery was in 2005 and here it is 2013 I still need them at times but I take them too when I just want the world to go AWAY. I should be highly aware of its power as a good friend of mines EX-wife OD'd on them February of last year and died. It relaxed her Heart so much it just quit beating. Yes folks this is a muscle relaxer and your heart is the biggest muscle in your body...I too got a DUI while taking Soma, I have backed off of it on a daily basis..but its still here when I get down and I just cant give it up

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Good job kay. I'm glad you was able to get off of them.

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Re: Cindy (# 2)

Yes it is an addiction. I have been battling this for 12 years now. I have cervical dystonia and am prescribed hydrocodone and soma. When I run out (and I always do), I am not able to function due to the pain. This is a circle that goes round and round. They need to legalize marijuana for medical treatment. Tracy

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I was prescribed 2 Soma @ bedtime 20 years ago to treat Fibromyalgia-related insomnia. It helped then and still helps me sleep. I've never taken more than 2, nor considered abusing it to get "high." Why would I? It puts me to sleep.

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Yes u can overdose on somas and die... my mother did back in February the 13th of this year. It's a muscle relaxer and ur heart is a muscle and the somas she took stopped het heart.

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I took 4 soma and shot myself. This drug is not to be toyed with at all.

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1 pill is usually 350mg, so 5.4mg isn't very much at all. I can't imagine that it was much of a contributing factor, unless she had some type of allergic reaction to it

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THANK YOU, BEE!! I Seriously thought that I was the Only Sane Person reading this blog! I suffer from Bilateral Femoral Neuropathy. Both legs had nerve conduction severed during a botched surgery 4 years ago, and regrowing nerves (I've come to learn) is just about the most painful thing that the human body can do. I have been taking up to Four (4) 350mg Soma for 2 1/2 years now. I started it as an experiment with my Pain Doc, to try and find a way to cut back on my extremely large doses of Fentanyl & Oxycontin. It has been a miracle for me, but I'd never even consider taking more than prescribed. That is Sheer Stupidity. Most Doctors won't even prescribe Soma anymore, because of *****s who abuse it. Thanks for trying to ruin it for those of us that it Really Helps... I can't go back to feeling "spaced out" on opioids all the time. Get your S*** TOGETHER!

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My mom died on February 13th she was taking some and other meds. I was wondering how many somas does it take for it to be fatal? Her autopsy report said she had 5.4mg of somas in her body, how many somas is that?

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I would ask your doctor. I was recently prescribed this and took 350 milligrams once. And actually made me really sleepy but at the same time I couldn't sleep but I do suffer from a lot of anxiety and have lots of trouble .sleeping anyway. I ended up taking some Ambien about two hours after I took this Soma and was able to sleep for about 4 hours . Make sure you're very careful and don't take this with any other pain medicine before Consulting with your doctor. This stuff is strong and if you don't have tolerance to it I would not exceed 350 milligram dose. You said you took three is that mean you took three all at once if so I would not recommend that at all . At the doctors recommended time intervals. And help with my lower back pain but not the spasms in my neck. I can empathize with you about the pain and feeling it so bad that you just want to jump out of the window. If it's that bad call your doctor and get something else or go to the emergency room.

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I would ask your doctor. I was recently prescribed this and took 350 milligrams once. And actually made me really sleepy but at the same time I couldn't sleep but I do suffer from a lot of anxiety and have lots of trouble sleeping anyway. I ended up taking some Ambien about two hours after I took this Soma and was able to sleep for about 4 hours . Make sure you're very careful and don't take this with any other pain medicine before Consulting with your doctor. This stuff is strong and if you don't have tolerance to it I would not exceed 350 milligram dose. At the doctors recommended time intervals. And help with my lower back pain but not the spasms in my neck.

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