Carisoprodol Uses
Carisoprodol is a Skeletal muscle relaxant used to relax certain muscles in your body and relieve the stiffness, pain, and discomfort caused by strains, sprains, or other injury to your muscles. Skeletal muscle relaxants act on your the central nervous system (CNS) to produce their muscle relaxant effect.
How is Carisoprodol Taken?
This medication is taken orally. The usual adult dosage of Carisoprodol is one 350mg tablet, three times daily and at bedtime. Usage in patients under age 12 is not recommended. It is recommended that you take Carisoprodol with food, or with milk, to minimize the likelihood that you will suffer an upset stomach as a result of taking Carisoprodol.
Warnings/Precautions
Before taking this medication, tell your doctor if you have acute intermittent porphyria, kidney or liver disease. You may need a lower dose or special monitoring during your therapy.
It is not known whether this medication will harm an unborn baby. It is also not known whether Carisoprodol passes into breast milk. Do not take Carisoprodol without first talking to your doctor if you are preqnant or breast-feeding a baby. This medication is not approved for use in children younger than 12 years of age.
Missed Dose
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as remembered if it is within an hour or so. If you do not remember until later, skip the missed dose and resume your usual dosing schedule. Do not 'double-up' the Carisoprodol dose to catch up.
Side Effects
Carisoprodol may cause dizziness, vertigo, ataxia, tremor, agitation, irritability, headache, depressive reactions, syncope, and insomnia. Allergic or idiosyncratic reactions occasionally develop. They are usually seen within the period of the first to fourth dose in patients having had no previous contact with the drug. Skin rash, erythema multiforme, pruritus, eosinophilia, and fixed drug eruption with cross reaction to meprobamate have been reported with Carisoprodol. Severe reactions have been manifested by asthmatic episodes, fever, weakness, dizziness, angioneurotic edema, smarting eyes, hypotension, and anaphylactoid shock.
Overdose
Seek emergency medical attention. Symptoms of a Carisoprodol overdose include low blood pressure (weakness, fainting, confusion), decreased breathing, and unconsciousness.
Carisoprodol Information
Use caution when driving, operating machinery, or performing other hazardous activities. Carisoprodol may cause dizziness or drowsiness. If you experience dizziness or drowsiness, avoid these activities.
Use alcohol cautiously. Alcohol may increase drowsiness and dizziness while you are taking Carisoprodol.
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