My husband takes 20 mg about 2 to 3 times a day, plus only 2 mg valium about twice a day. He still has some spasms, but if he takes more baclofen it really makes him weak and makes his muscles too weak for therapy. I will say that the only cure for spasms is more therapy. The more stretching and exercise your muscles get, the less spasms you will have.
From: Lori Michaelson <lorilivin...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 2:32 PM To: Eric Olson <whee...@wi.rr.com> Cc: Jim Lubin <jlu...@eskimo.com>; Danny Hearn <ddh...@sbcglobal.net>; Quad-list Post <quad-list@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Baclofen ? Echoing Eric as far as the dosage for nearly 40 years for spasms but have also been taking diazepam (Valium) 10mg X 3 for that long also. On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 12:07 PM Eric Olson <whee...@wi.rr.com<mailto:whee...@wi.rr.com>> wrote: I too am taking 20mg X 4 On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 1:46 PM Jim Lubin <jlu...@eskimo.com<mailto:jlu...@eskimo.com>> wrote: I've on 20mg x 4/day for 30 years. I also take dantrolene 25mg x 3/day also for muscle spasms. On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 10:20 AM Eric Olson <whee...@wi.rr.com<mailto:whee...@wi.rr.com>> wrote: I've been using baclofen since my injury 32 years ago. I know I still need it because I've been hospitalized several times for GI issues and they hold all my meds to let my gut rest. After a couple of days without baclofen, I start having a lot of spasms. My body gets really jumpy even without being touched. On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 11:29 AM Danny Hearn <ddh...@sbcglobal.net<mailto:ddh...@sbcglobal.net>> wrote: I just got out of the hospital after about a 10 day stay......I went in trying to find out what was causing dysreflexia and bad spasms in legs,belly and back. They were clueless and just kept pumping me full of tons of oral and IV antibiotics of all kinds thinking it must be a UTI infection. All they did was cause me to get my bowels impacted from so much antibiotics....that caused me a 3 day stay to turn into 10 days. I have been home for 2 days now and all the Dysreflexia and Spasms are coming back. I can't find the cause....they did CT Scans and X-Rays but can't find anything. I have been a C-6/7 Quad for over 21 Years but have never needed Baclofen but starting to wonder how many of You use it and may that help??? About the only thing I can think of other than what we have checked is that I have a Syrinx in my spine, but most doctors don't want nothing to do with that issue. I sure wish my life could just get back to my normal Quad life without all this Dysreflexia and Spasms going on. Dan H*** St.Louis, Mo. -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz PennWell Corporation is located at 1421 S. Sheridan Road, Tulsa OK, 74112 USA. If you wish to unsubscribe, please forward this message to @unsubscr...@pennwell.com with REMOVE in the subject line. You may unsubscribe at any time. H^[X2uq
