Flexeril

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My doctor prescribed Flexeril for me when my knee began to give me trouble and

it really helped but I had to stop taking it because it made me hungry all the

time. (low blood sugar). I had surgery for meniscus repair and while I was

waiting to be scheduled I took tylenol 8 hour instead of flexeril and it worked

very well.

Ora

On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:47:38 -0500, " millburytimes "

wrote:

>Flexeril was given to me by my pain management doctor to use if my

>breakthrough pain medication had worn off and it was too soon to take any

>more. He said it is a much safer drug to take than any of the benzo's, and

>is a good pain reliever as it relaxes the whole body. He did give me a

>prescription for Valium to be used only for emergency pain. I have found

>unfortunately, that it (Valium) really does work well, so I literally force

>myself not to take it. In fact I had my husband hide it, so I have to wait

>until he comes home from work to ask for it. Most of the time, either I have

>taken the flexeril or listened to my meditation tapes, and I feel better, so

>I no longer need it by the time he comes home. I can see how easily it would

>be to take more and more as the strength wears of and you want to take more.

>It is a shame that a medication that works so well has to be so dangerous. I

>mentioned it several times before, but check out the Yahoo Benzo group and

>read the posts and see how these people got trapped in the cycle of taking

>too many, and now are really suffering. But it doesn't happen to everybody -

>some can quit just fine, but you never know which one you are until it is

>too late.

>

>nne