Reviewer: rjm, 45-54 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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Trying to come off low dose Xanax after 12 years was impossible for me. Then I got a Dr who gave me baclofen & gabapentin and they took away the withdrawals immediately. Without them, I would be an alcoholic or a drug fiend. In hindsight, I should have tapered on them. I'm on 20mg twice a day and Ive been able to cut back some on it and the gabapentin.

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Trying to come off low dose Xanax after 12 years was impossible for me. Then I got a Dr who gave me baclofen & gabapentin and they took away the withdrawals immediately. Without them, I would be an alcoholic or a drug fiend. In hindsight, I should have tapered on them. I'm on 20mg twice a day and Ive been able to cut back some on it and the gabapentin.
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Reviewer: johniew398, 65-74 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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Prescribed baclofen when I had told the ER doctor I didn't want to take an opioid drug. My primary care physician said baclofen wasn't really a paint medication. I was needing something for the pain because of a fissure. My specialist had prescribed Lortab which is an opioid drug. The lortab didn't really do anything to control the pain while baclofen does and lets me sleep a ... Show Full Comment

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Prescribed baclofen when I had told the ER doctor I didn't want to take an opioid drug. My primary care physician said baclofen wasn't really a paint medication. I was needing something for the pain because of a fissure. My specialist had prescribed Lortab which is an opioid drug. The lortab didn't really do anything to control the pain while baclofen does and lets me sleep at night.
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Reviewer: 75 or over Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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Used for back pain spasms but high hallucinations to the point of fear and not easy to wake up

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Used for back pain spasms but high hallucinations to the point of fear and not easy to wake up
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Reviewer: vsuevo, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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Reviewer: 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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i was trying to recover from a bout of trigeminal neuralgia and the meds i was on [trileptal & neurotin] were causing me to have minor jerks in my arm muscles. i mad the error of saying this to my neurologist who gave me baclofen. i had to start out at a very low dose and work up to the full dose over a month's time. at the end of the month ALL my major muscles were in spasm and it has ... Show Full Comment

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i was trying to recover from a bout of trigeminal neuralgia and the meds i was on [trileptal & neurotin] were causing me to have minor jerks in my arm muscles. i mad the error of saying this to my neurologist who gave me baclofen. i had to start out at a very low dose and work up to the full dose over a month's time. at the end of the month ALL my major muscles were in spasm and it has caused almost permanent damage to the pirformis muscle in my left hip [as this was over a yr. ago and i am still suffering]. the neurologist said she had never heard of it doing that and sort of shrugged it off ! but i will never take this drug again.
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