Re: [TMIC] med question - meloxicam and baclofen

[Gerry Surette]

please rember to check with your neuro before discontinuing baclofen. the 
side effects could be very dangeous please see the instructions on the 
leaflet;

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To: randy rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, TM Group <tmic-list@eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] med question - meloxicam and baclofen
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 17:43:29 -0400

Randy
I had similar confusion with what I heard from various medical people.
Dec 2003 my neuro rx'd baclofen for spasticity and the next day I had 
physical and occupational therapy. Both therapists told me I didn't have 
spasticity and wanted permission to talk with my neuro.  So there I was in 
my TM stupor questioning who knew best.  I started on the baclofen and have 
never discontinued it.  My Neuro knew best.
I am too flexible (rubbery) if I take over 10mg so he moved me to every six 
hours and that works for me.
I couldn't have discribed it at well as Merieke's post, however, it's 
exactly how both the spasms and spasticity feel to me.
Patti
---- randy rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok - what's the scoop on these drugs. Have any of you all taken them?
>
>   Did they help?
>
>   Where there any significant side effects?
>
>   I was sent to a bone doc. to have a look.
>
>   He wants me to try baclofen for spasms, (i didn't know that I was 
having them - everyone else says that I'm not have spasms - I'm so 
confussed on the term spasms. - first neuro talked about my legs being 
spastic because they wouldn't move - he pick them up and the right leg 
would stick in mid area lol - he'd have to push it back down. When I 
mentioned "spasm" later, everyone would look at me oddly and say that I 
wasn't having spasms. Now this guy is giving me meds for spasms and says 
that my right leg shows signs of spasticity)
>
>   He said my vert was great - mild degeneration in mid T and at L-5 S-1 
- which I already knew about. The 'arthritis' is genetic/ "getting older" 
he said - but it is unusual for my age. He said my 2001 car accident didn't 
have anything to do with it - but my chiro told me in 01 that it would come 
in time because it almost always shows up in a few years after a major 
collision. Anyway - what's the scoop on all these meds. before I decide to 
go ahead and take them I just wanted find out if it is worth the time.
>
>
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