Soma Uses
Soma 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 Soma Taken?
The usual adult dosage of soma is one 350 mg tablet, three times daily and at bedtime, taken orally. Usage in patients under age 12 is not recommended. It is recommended that you take this medication with food, or with milk, to minimize the likelihood that you will suffer an upset stomach.
Soma Warnings/Precautions
Do not take Soma if you have acute intermittent porphyria and tell your doctor if you have kidney or liver disease. You may need a lower dose or special monitoring during your therapy.
It is not known whether Soma will harm an unborn baby. Do not take this medication without first talking to your doctor if you are pregnant.
As is also not known whether Soma passes into breast milk, do not take this medication without first talking to your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
Soma is not approved for use in children younger than 12 years of age.
Side Effects
Soma 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 Soma. 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 Soma overdose include low blood pressure (weakness, fainting, confusion), decreased breathing, and unconsciousness.
Soma Information
Use caution when driving, operating machinery, or performing other hazardous activities. Soma 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 Soma.
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