Soma - Why won't doctors prescribe it anymore?

I have found that due to new FDA regulations Soma can be prescribed but only for 3 weeks at a time. I have forgotten what the interval you have to wait in between prescriptions, something like every 2 or 3 months, according to my pain management doctor. The FDA thinks that Soma is a highly addictive drug, I take Stadol for migraines, this stuff is way more addictive than Soma, if giving birth and the epidural start to fail she can have 1 dose every 8 hours,, I can have 2 doses every 4 hours for migraines, wow who is writing these regulations.

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Probably you just didn’t ask the right person and in the right manner!?

The new laws state that a general practitioner cannot prescribe a sedative combined with an opioids. I've been on soma 27 years and even though I decided to not continue with an opioids my doctor refuse to write soma . Soma is a muscle relaxer not a pain pill. Under the new laws the two cannot be written together. I'll add it depends on the Doctor . I have a chronic muscle pain n my groin from a job accident. It is the FDA calling the shots. Contact your congressman and , or senator. My doctor of 15 years said find another doctor to write soma ( which makes no since) that is doctor shopping. Soma is only muscle relaxer that works it also depends on what trouble the doctor has gotten himself into. Writing too many prescriptions that were found to not be needed. I hope this helps

Soma is not a simple muscle relaxer. It's also a quaalude and addictive.

I've been on Soma and hydrocodone since 2003 ever since I was injured in the service. The VA had no problem giving them to me. My lower lumber and right hip is artificial. So with all the hardware that's in a my spine and hip , I'm always in chronic pain. It wasn't until last month my new VA doctor decided to take me off of them both. Now flexeril and some other muscle relaxer I cant pronounce is what they are giving me. NOTHING WORKS . they have tried me on 8 different medications, and I'm still in pain. What are they afraid of ? I need what works, not what makes me sick or doesn't even work,, Is there any help out there ??

I get 120 somas a month for my chronic pain/ neck and lower back issues. Never even asked for it by name. Guess I'm lucky? Idk.

It's because so many are using this drug for their "high" drug & Some Dr.'s I have heard reference it as a "Soma Coma Drug" I don't think it's right that everyone gets judged for the bad people in this world but that's what's going on even in our pain clinics that we have been in for years & years you get treated like the bad guy even with the documented proof that you are not. God bless.

I have been taking Soma for over 10 yrs. I did have one Doctor tell me he wouldn't prescribe me Soma and we tried 3 or 4 different muscle relaxers but the side effects like dry mouth, being in a fog most of the time, no energy, they eventually put me back on the Soma. I have no side effects with Soma other than it works for what I need it for ( two failed cervical fusions of the neck ). I am on disability but Soma allows me to get out and live my life the best I can, the other drugs just kept me on the couch. I have had no problems with getting off any of the drugs I take. I actually do a drug holiday every 18 months and get off everything until my pain receptors reset. Then I can get back on my meds at a much lower dosage.

Not the drug so much as you! NO OFFENSE! You were screwed as soon as you asked for it! Especially if you requested it by specific name! I've found that NOW, after decades of tossing Valium out like parade candy, they have 180°'d and assume EVERYONE is "drug seeking"! So now days, if you really have a medical problem... you REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM!! Advice: Go to new Doctor, tell him history and nothing else. If asked, tell him you were on that drug, but doc stoped. And leave it at that. If you got to go through a few tests or weaker meds(for new Dr.) for a while, so be it. Just LET THEM do the suggestions and you can say "No... was on it before, didn't work. Next!". Hope it turns out for ya. I gotta buy my Xanax(I was Rx'd 15yrs ago!) illegally, now!!! You'd think they'd have checked if I "was dependant" within the first DECADE!!

My doctor told me flat out people like myself who suffer from multiple diseases i.e.Lupus (SLE) and epilepsy take quite a few drugs for each condition, therefore there's way to many contraindicators when you combine the medications. I too was upset because Soma worked great for my chronic pain. bestpup

I live in Washington State. After being on a relatively high dosage of soma for 8 years due to two cervical fusions, the Dr. that prescribed it called me and told me it now was a schedule IV drug and that I would have to come off of it. He didn't have a schedule for me to do that... so by trial and error, I am coming off of it very slowly. I am 62 and the withdrawal is horrible. I agree that it is the best pain releiver out there, but it IS addictive and I wouldn't want anyone to go through the withdrawal from this med. We all suffer when it is abused on the street (people are crushing it and snorting it) and the people that really need it can't get it now... go figure...

It might also have to do with the fact that in December 2011, the DEA published a final rule making carisoprodol (Soma) a Schedule IV controlled substance with an effective date of January 11, 2012. Previously, certain states had it Schedule IV but not at the federal level. So now certain doctors who don't write for *anything* controlled won't write for Soma, either.

I live in Philadelphia. I have a damaged spine. I have used SOMA, Flexeril, and Zanaflex. SOMA works best for me by far. I take it at night with no residual effects in the morning. I personally do not find SOMA to be addictive. My PCP does not feel SOMA is addictive, but my Pain Management Doc does. Geuss which one I ask for the script? By the way, I must say what a shame. There are so many folks in serious pain that need this drug. I propose if you can manage narcotic pain medication, then you certainly should be able to manage a muscle relaxer. But, who knows what goes on behind the seens at medical conferences, Docs offices, the FDA, and DEA. Do what you can to stay comfortable. It's your life/pain to live with.