Soms/non Narcotic

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why isnt SOMA considered a narcotic-my grandson has almost died 5 times now from taking too many-these pills are killers

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Basically Soma is not considered a narcotic because of its active ingredient Carisoprodol. It just does not fall under the definition of what a narcotic substance is.

" In U.S. legal context, narcotic refers to opium, opium derivatives, and their semi-synthetic or fully synthetic substitutes 'as well as cocaine and coca leaves,' which although classified as 'narcotics' in the U.S. Controlled Substances Act (CSA), are chemically not narcotics. Contrary to popular belief, marijuana is not a narcotic, nor are LSD and other psychedelic drugs. Specifically, steroids are not narcotics.

Many law enforcement officials in the United States inaccurately use the word 'narcotic' to refer to any illegal drug or any unlawfully possessed drug. An example is referring to cannabis as a narcotic. Because the term is often used broadly, inaccurately or pejoratively outside medical contexts, most medical professionals prefer the more precise term opioid, which refers to natural, semi-synthetic, and synthetic substances that behave pharmacologically like morphine, the primary active constituent of natural opium poppy. Although the overuse of the term 'narcotic' in various nonclinical contexts is technically inaccurate, it does serve adequately as a shorthand way of denoting any powerful or illegal drug. "

Narcotic article: /wiki/Narcotic

Soma is known to be abused quite frequently, often with other substances. For further reading on this topic, please also see Soma Details

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Came across a pill,not sure what it is. The pill is small, round,and white. It is marked DAN on oneside, the otherside marked 5658.

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I did not know that Soma's were not narcotics...are you sure about this? I was always told it was a derivative of Heroin, but am not sure now.

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as of this year i think,,,, somas are considered a narcotic, in the town im in the drs just lowered everyones pills from 120 or 90 to only 30 per person because everyone is dying on them, weve had a cousin die in the last month from somas,, they are the very worst pill to be addicted to very very dangerous

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Sorry for any negative effects,or abuse of any kind that brings harm to anyone,or anyone's family. Medication of ANY kind needs to be taken exactly as prescribed, and all involved prescribing physicians need to desperately know when any other medication is added to the patiants normal regiment of what they already are taking NO MATTER WHAT.I am not trying to be disrespectfull to anyone here in any way,but come on? our ignorance in harm to one's health including mine is no excuse to take or abuse even (1) pill.I serious believe that if all of us were edjucated properly in grade school,and taken to a ER. at an early age to see the real effects,and results of what abusing alcohol,and prscription drugs is really all about our kids would be better equipt to not venture on that hopeless path to the bottomless pit of thinking of pills that disrupt the seritonin,dopamine,and norenepinephrine in the pleasure center of the brain are cool. When in reality if are education system focused on how these drugs potentally when abused will slowly cause dependence then additction to there brains,Also when abused,opiods will cause terrible withdraw,and possible death.Its not the pills, its education at an early age done properly.If you really want my honest opinion it starts when we are young,and think that drinking alcohol is exceptable the brain uncontously gets the green light to try it,and then with pear pressure,and other hidden elements of life the brain gets somewhat toxic.Useually then,and with a couple experiments with mixing alcohol,and marijuana thats all it takes for the flood gates to open to a world uncontrolled thinking that pills are ok,but the reality is at this point the downward spiral of addition,disception,and problems with family,and the law arise.When this happens I can only hope that the person can go to a good rehab,and get the edjucation they need so they can live a happy heathy life.This is such a touchy situation,because on the other side of the coin there are people out here living in excrutiating chronic pain that absolutely need strong opiods to work,and live a quality of life that they would not be able to do if there meds were taking away.I hope this bit of information helps someone,and remember it all boils down to edjucation,choices,and surounding ourselves with positive honest people that are looking out for our best interest.The best information I could end this post for any concerned family member,patiant,or care giver is to Google each drug one is concerned about.Print out the information,and really study it.Then if you want to take it a step further type in how these medications effect the endorphans of the brain.This will give you all the facts.If you feel over whelmed to do this call then your pharmasist,and schedule an appointment with a Internal MD.To easily sum up the obove topics Soma is a muscle relaxer.Please don't forget your heart is the most important muscle in our body,and naturally soma will slow down the heart,your motor skills,and your breathing ESPECIALLY when mixed with benzoazapenes,and pain medication,but Soma is not a narcotic unless you get prescribed Soma/with Codine.Then ,and only then can soma be concidered a narcotic,because then the tablet with be yellow,and white Soma/codine Tab. But if it just says Soma 350mg. It is only in the muscle relaxant family,and Not and has no narcotic properties.I wish the best for everyone that reads this,and remember I do not claim to be an expert in the medical profession by any means.I just want to help save lives,and let eveyone know that educating yourselves is one of the most important events that can be used to improve your life,friends,and family.Sincerely someone that cares about you.

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Sorry for the your grand-son. Tragically, there are all too many cases of over-dosage of prescription drugs or illegal drugs taken in various combinations.

Drug interactions can increase the danger each of the drugs pose on their own manifold. But not all drugs are narcotics, as others have pointed out. Toxicity is actually another independent factor because most substances are toxic if ingested in huge amounts. Its just that in case of most substance, nobody would dream of doing that. Therefore, there are more deaths due to overdoses of drugs than, say, overdoses of common salt. But back to Soma and narcotics. While Soma is a muscle relaxant with certain pain reducing qualities but not a narcotic, as others have pointed out, it is generally accepted that there is a certain abuse potential with respect to Soma in the context of drug dependence or, more specifically, polytoxicomania. Carisoprodol/Soma is often taken in connection with narcotic substances like Codeine and others because it has a certain potentiating effect on many members of the opiate family. This means that, in case of co-administration, a lesser quantity of opiate analgesic is required to get the same pain relief. The drug effect the recreational drug user or even an addict is interested in is the effect of the narcotic and interest in Carisoprodol goes only as far as it potentiates that effect - for a fragment of the cost. Though there are rare cases, Carisoprodol is hardly ever abused as such/on its own.

Many substances classed as antihistamines or neuroleptics or tranquillizers, for example, also potentiate opiates, with sometimes fatal consequences. Interactions like these may be tragic but have no bearing on established pharmaceutical categories. Any other way of dealing with the would not make scientific and practical sense.

However, if a drug, whether a narcotic or stimulant or sedative/hypnotic or even muscle relaxant, has high abuse potential, there are other ways to do justice to the risk. A growning understanding of abuse potential is likely to lead, sooner or later, to a change in change prescription guidelines. In cases where the risk-benefit ratio is specially unfavorable, legislators or governing bodies may even decide to take such a drug off the market completely, provided safer alternatives are available. In case of carisoprodol, this has happened in many countries in recent years and the US may follow suit. You may like to refer to Wikipedia's entry for Carisoprodol for details on risk assessment and resulting usage restrictions and removal from markets of several countries. The paragraph of interest: Usage and legal status - finisishes with a sentence that may be a step in the direction you would like to see:
And On March 26th, 2010 the DEA issued a Notice of hearing on proposed rule making in respect to the placement of Carisoprodol in schedule IV of the Controlled Substances Act.

My opinion from observation is, however, that abuse is due to individual rather than individual drugs. Take one option off the market or make it more difficult to get, addictive personalities will switch to something else, and the more difficult it becomes to find legal highs, the more such individuals will look towards the black market to find what they want. IMO, rather than improve, such steps often deteriorate the situation seen on the whole.

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as of July 4 2009 Soma is now considered a Narcotic. they will ask for an ID when picking up the script for this reason. Just like you do if you pick up Pain Pills from you pharmacy

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I'm afraid it is true. i don't have exact dates, but Soma will be put in the Schedule catergory, my guess sched. 4.

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Being Schedule 4 doesn't make a drug a narcotic, it only means there is abuse potential. Many non-narcotic drugs are Schedule 4

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