Does anyone take Baclofen?

Hi

I was just wondering if anyone takes this for muscle spasms and how often and how many mgs. do you take??  I go to my dr. tomorrow and want to ask him about this and am curious to know if you think this has helped ya's.  Thanks for any info!!

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Michele

I just started using baclofen about a month ago 5mg 3xday as needed.  The baclofen has helped with my muscle spasms especially during a flair.  This doesn't mean it is the perfect muscle relaxer for you though.  I've tried many others over the years such as flexeril, zanaflex, oh heck, I can't remember the names right now but they all made me too sleepy.  I had read about people using baclofen that were happy with the results so I asked my rheumy for a script to try and it doesn't put me to sleep. 

Hope you find relief with it but like I said everyone is different and you may have to try many muscle relaxers out before you find the right one for you.

I take 20MG at night, but it's generally used for spasticity, I'm not sure if you are using it for that? It did not work for muscle spams for me, I get very severe ones in my right leg from surgery on spinal cord- I'm not sure if yours are so severe. Also if you get tired you can take it at night.
I use this for spinal cord/spasticity now, and use other relaxers as needed. I don't believe this is a "true" muscle relaxer medically speaking.

i'm have a baclofen pump in my stomach & every 4 month i have it filled. before i had it i was haveing really bad spasms now i don;t have any untill the pump starts getting low & they because the med is getting weak. baclofen was right for me. they might start you out on a low doze & up it has you go.



jakey