FLEXERIL - KAREN & TONI

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TONI & KAREN,

FLEXERIL -- TOOK IT -- HAD WICKED EFFECTS ON ME -- BUT THEN MOST MEDS DO

WITH MY MCS (MULTOPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES), BUT GET DRS TO BELIEVE YOU

HAVE IT IS LIKE PULLING TEETH -- EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING THEY PRESCRIBE PUTS

YOUR BODY OVER THE DEEP END, AND DOES THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY SAY IT WILL

DO.

SO, HERE'S THE SCOOP ON FLEXERIL:

IT IS A MUSCLE RELAXANT USED FOR SPRAINS AND STRAINS (NOT USEFUL FOR OTHER

KINDS OF PAIN), BUT IS TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY AND

REST.

THE PDR (PHYSICIAN'S DESK REFERENCE) SAYS IT SHOULD BE USED FOR ONLY SHORT

PERIODS (THEY RECOMMEND THREE WEEKS). OF COURSE MOST DRS DON'T READ THE PDR

-- EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO, AND TEND TO PRESCRIBE IT AND NOT WARN

YOU IT IS FOR SHORT-TERM USE !ONLY!.

IT CAN CAUSE CONFUSION AND HALLUCINATIONS (ESP. IN PEOPLE LIKE ME), CAUSES

DIZZINESS AND DRY MOUTH (REALLY GOOD WHEN YOU HAVE SJOGREN'S), AND MAY ALSO

CAUSE TREMORS, CONVULSIONS, INSOMNIA, ANXIETY -- AND A HOST OF OTHER

GOODIES. OH, THEY DO WARN OF 'SEVERE' ALLERGIC REACTION.

DON'T TAKE IT WITH MAO INHIBITOR ANTI-DEPRESSANTS -- !EVER! (THIS IS FATAL

FOLKS -- AND DRS DON'T SEEM TO KNOW IT.)

DON'T TAKE IT WITH OVER-ACTIVE THYROID. IF YOU HAVE HEART PROBLEMS -- DON'T

TAKE IT. DON'T TAKE IT IF YOU HAVE GLAUCOMA. DON'T TAKE IF YOU HAVE

URINATION PROBLEMS. (DRS NEVER CHECK THESE WARNINGS, AND PHARMACISTS DON'T

TELL YOU UNLESS YOU ASK.)

WARNING ON TAKING IT WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

DRUGS (LIKE HALCION AND XANAX), BARBITUATES (LIKE PHENOBARBITOL), OR ULTRAM

(TRAMADOL)

ANYWAY -- FOR MORE INFO ON FLEXERIL (THIS IS FROM THE PDR):

http://www.healthsquare.com/newrx/fle1179.htm

WHERE TO GO TO LOOK UP MORE MEDS:

http://www.healthsquare.com/drugmain.htm

I LIKE THIS PLACE BEST BECAUSE IT IS FROM THE 'PDR FAMILY GUIDE TO

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS' (THE LAYMAN'S VERSION OF THE PDR), SO THE INFO IS FROM

THE STUDIES DONE BY THE DRUG COMPANIES THEMSELVES, SO THE INFO IS ACCURATE.

SOME OTHER SITES:

MEDSCAPE (REGISTRATION IS NECESSARY -- BUT FREE):

http://www.medscape.com/homeindex

ANOTHER GOOD SITE:

http://my.webmd.com/search_results

MEDLINE IS GOOD -- BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE REAL NAME, NOT THE GENERIC, OR

IT CAN BE CONFUSING:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/dictionaries.html

PDR.NET USED TO BE GOOD -- BUT NOW THEY ARE CHARGING YEARLY REGISTRATION

FEES

{{{GENTLE HUGS}}}

DONI-MARIE

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Doni-Marie Oliver came up out of the brain fog

long enough to scribble:

> TONI & KAREN,

> FLEXERIL -- TOOK IT -- HAD WICKED EFFECTS ON ME -- BUT THEN MOST MEDS

> DO WITH MY MCS (MULTOPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES), BUT GET DRS TO

> BELIEVE YOU HAVE IT IS LIKE PULLING TEETH -- EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING

> THEY PRESCRIBE PUTS YOUR BODY OVER THE DEEP END, AND DOES THE

> OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY SAY IT WILL DO.

>

> SO, HERE'S THE SCOOP ON FLEXERIL:

>

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DONI-MARIE . . .

I'M STILL CATCHING UP ON E-MAILS. JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE

DETAILED AND HELPFUL INFO. EVEN THOUGH I DON'T TAKE FLEXERIL, IT *WAS*

GOOD TO READ ABOUT, BECAUSE AT THE RATE I'M GOING, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF

TIME. <SMILE>

HUGS TO ALL . . .

ALLAN ++ BUBBA SWAMI

CEO, BUBBA SWAMI JESTER CO.

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