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From: barner@ee.udel.edu (Ken Barner)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Pain and spasms
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Date: 16 Mar 91 13:34:12 GMT
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Index Number: 14053

In article <18053@bunker.UUCP> Jean.Prophet@f33.n371.z1.fidonet.org writes:
>Index Number: 13897
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> > My left side seems to be duller and that help alot when i have
> > to have shots but the spasms are getting out of control. They
> > have tried all the antispacmatic meds around and the only thing
> > that seems to work is valium. They want me to take 80mg a day
>
>      You are NOT in the boat alone .... The Doctor now has Buddy (my
>other half) on Robaxin ... Buddy doesn't think it working very well.
>The Baclofen (aka Liorasal) worked much better.  He used to take 10
>milligrams in the AM and 10 Milligrams in the evening time.  Valium
>helps a little but 80mg is MUCH to MUCH.  What you decribe as far as
>spazms and feelings etc are exactly what Buddy expierences (C3,4,5,6
>problem).

I'm surprised 20 mg of Liorasal does anything.  I take 120 mg a day
for spasams which seems to keep things pretty much in check (C5-6).
The amount necessary has been increasing over the years but it
seems to have leveled off at 120 mg/day, which is less than the
maximum recommended which I believe is 180 mg/day.  As far as getting
sick, I can't offer any advice.  Liorasal never bothered me.

Having just found this news group today I have a related question.
One that I'm sure has been thoroughly discussed before but having
just started reading this group I don't know the answer to.  That
is where to buy these buggers.  At ~$.75/20 mg at the corner drug
store Liorasal alone costs me ~$140/month.  Having just lost my
insurance, see what lovely things happen when you get married,
this is not something I look forward to paying.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

	ken
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Ken Barner
EE department
University of Delaware
barner@huey.udel.edu