My doctors really get me. Yay!
Sep. 18th, 2012 11:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brightlotusmoonMy pain specialist's head nurse gave me a prescription for for Baclofen, which I have never used - apparently Baclofen is extremely useful for spasticity due to cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular disorders with tremors, hypertonia, hemiparesis, mild hemiplegia, etc. Oh, I am crossing my fingers that this may be a good drug that will be good to me. My body and brain usually respond extremely well to most medications, so I have hopes for Baclofen.
I am to take the Baclofen instead of the Flexeril for a month and then get back to them - literally, go back to the Spine Center.
The nurse who suggested the Baclofen was stunned that I had never tried it. She said to take Soma and Ultram in the morning, and to take Baclofen in the evening in case it makes me drowsy. I can also take the Ultram and the Soma again in the afternoon, if I am still in severe intense debilitating pain.
Eventually, I will need to go get X-rays on my knees to see if I'm developing arthritis. Should be fun.
I need to go to CVS on Thursday, when all my refills will be ready. I love those pharmacists.
I will be on 10 mg of Baclofen a day, and Mary said it should be enough, and she really hopes it will help the hypertonia.
I never even knew that there was a specific drug for cerebral palsy spasticity.
Now I am even more eternally grateful for the good little parts about Evil Big Pharma. I do have to wonder what sort of botanical thing in nature was extracted, broken down into chemicals, and synthesized to create the drug.
Has anyone here taken Baclofen?
Apparently some people with multiple sclerosis do very well on it. Also, I have no idea which brand name Baclofen has here in the US, if any.
I am to take the Baclofen instead of the Flexeril for a month and then get back to them - literally, go back to the Spine Center.
The nurse who suggested the Baclofen was stunned that I had never tried it. She said to take Soma and Ultram in the morning, and to take Baclofen in the evening in case it makes me drowsy. I can also take the Ultram and the Soma again in the afternoon, if I am still in severe intense debilitating pain.
Eventually, I will need to go get X-rays on my knees to see if I'm developing arthritis. Should be fun.
I need to go to CVS on Thursday, when all my refills will be ready. I love those pharmacists.
I will be on 10 mg of Baclofen a day, and Mary said it should be enough, and she really hopes it will help the hypertonia.
I never even knew that there was a specific drug for cerebral palsy spasticity.
Now I am even more eternally grateful for the good little parts about Evil Big Pharma. I do have to wonder what sort of botanical thing in nature was extracted, broken down into chemicals, and synthesized to create the drug.
Has anyone here taken Baclofen?
Apparently some people with multiple sclerosis do very well on it. Also, I have no idea which brand name Baclofen has here in the US, if any.
