Guest guest Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 From: " aluckower " <aluckower@...> > many years ago i took a prescription muscle relaxant for a pinched nerve. i can't remember the name of it, but i'm sure they have different ones around > > i am wondering if anyone is familiar with the different types of prescription muscle relaxants around or if they have some that are available otc at a pharmacy. which ones would be the most effective and least toxic Hi Arthur, Assuming you've tried various amounts of magnesium and calcium and they were of no help? The only rx muscle relaxant that works for most people----and this is for really *desperate* cases, would be Valium. I really hate the stuff, but there have been 2 times in my life that I was incredibly grateful that it was available, because nothing else worked. I found that it could somehow " break the spastic cycle " and that would then let the nutrients in to the terribly knotted area. I only had to use it for a very short time, fortunately. Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 - Hi Art, When I first came down with cfids, I would get really bad muscle spasms. They (doctors) gave me soma for it. I was so bad at that time that it didn't seem to do much good. I was also on pain pills (darvaset). Sometimes I would stop taking the pain pills (because I didn't want to be on them), and just take the soma. Evertime I did the muscle spasms would start up again. For me the darvaset worked better to relax my muscles than the soma. I don't know which is less toxic. I think they're probably all somewhat toxic. What the soma did for me, tho, that the pain pill didn't was relax me enough to help me get a good nights sleep. They did relax me. You can do a word search on muscles relaxers and get a view of various different relaxers and how they work. Soma is the only one I've ever had any experience with. Gail -- In oxyplus , " aluckower " <aluckower@n...> wrote: > many years ago i took a prescription muscle relaxant for a pinched nerve. i can't remember the name of it, but i'm sure they have different ones around > > i am wondering if anyone is familiar with the different types of prescription muscle relaxants around or if they have some that are available otc at a pharmacy. which ones would be the most effective and least toxic > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 > many years ago i took a prescription muscle relaxant for a pinched nerve. i can't remember the name of it, but i'm sure they have different ones around > > i am wondering if anyone is familiar with the different types of prescription muscle relaxants around or if they have some that are available otc at a pharmacy. which ones would be the most effective and least toxic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi! Being an Herbalist, I'd recommend taking Dr. Schulze's Nerve Sedative and Anti-Spasmodic Tonic, if Nerves are also involved. This POWERFUL Herbal Formula contains Lobelia, which relaxes ANY Muscles, that are in Spasm. http://healingtools.tripod.com/nrvtncs.html#nrvsedtnc Or you can take Lobelia Tincture, which I've used, instead of a Muscle Relaxant. http://healingtools.tripod.com/lobe1.html Both of these Tinctures are AVAILABLE from his American Botanical Pharmacy (800/437-2362). " THANKS " for your time and interest! Tom/Psa. 103:1-5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 Hi Arthur. If you can get a good quality manganese it is a great muscle relaxer. The trick is absorption. Magnesium can also be a good relaxer. Both depend on the brand. Orotate on the magnesium. And I am not sure on the manganese. I used on eyears ago that was fantastic but don't remember the name. When I ran out of it I treid another brand with disappointment. But calcium and magnesium and potassium are fabulous for the nerves to tone them down so that even if they are pinched they won't hurt as much. Also, I have been using infra red in the 660 range for some kinks I had in the spine after yard work and it is remarkable. pain that would have taken 3-5 days to clear took less than 24 hrs. LOVE that. Blessings Donna http://www.excellentthings.com aluckower wrote: > many years ago i took a prescription muscle relaxant for a pinched > nerve. i can't remember the name of it, but i'm sure they have > different ones around > > i am wondering if anyone is familiar with the different types of > prescription muscle relaxants around or if they have some that are > available otc at a pharmacy. which ones would be the most effective > and least toxic > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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