Soma
Soma is a brand name muscle relaxant. The generic form of Soma is carisoprodol. Soma is a drug that is frequently prescribed to help relieve severe muscle strain, spasm, and injury while healing. Soma or other muscle relaxants may be recommended in conjunction with physical therapy assistance following some injuries. However, depending on the extent of injury, Soma might be given to temporarily achieve only rest for a healing muscle strain, spasm, or injury.
Common side effects of Soma include agitation, dizziness, drowsiness, flush feeling, hiccups, nausea, difficulty sleeping, and headache. Other side effects that might indicate an allergic reaction, which would appear usually between the first and fourth dose, such as hives, itching, swelling, difficulty breathing or other troublesome side effects should be reported to your doctor immediately. If you have a history of allergic reactions to other medications or have any medical conditions, make your doctor aware of them before accepting a prescription for Soma.
When taking Soma prescription medication, you should first become aware of how it will affect you before attempting to drive or operate machinery or equipment. Use extreme caution when combining alcohol with Soma as alcohol can intensify dizziness, lightheadedness and drowsiness.
Muscle injuries that require physical therapy to heal properly should be treated according to a doctor’s recommendations. Soma and other muscle relaxants can give a false sense of security making it seem possible to over exert an already strained or injured muscle. Be sure to only take pain relievers approved by your doctor while taking Soma. When Soma is used as part of a physical therapy regimen, the drug helps many patients to adequately progress according to their therapy plan. Soma is usually prescribed on a short-term basis as needed. Before you stop taking Soma, be sure to tell your doctor if you have had previous drug dependencies as withdraw symptoms can occur when stopping Soma.
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