Does anyone know of any muscle relaxants on the DN?

Okay... So I'm guessing here come all the people saying just start taking heroin... But I'm in serious need of muscle relaxants. I know Valium is often used as a muscle relaxant but I find it just makes me tired and relaxed. I'm looking for something that will relieve muscle spasms in the lower back, or just for constant lower back pain.

I've tried natural therapies already, physio, excercising, stretching, trying to sit with better posture.. I've tried acupuncture.. I really don't want to see a chiropractor because I'm in my mid twenties and am too afraid to take the risk of injuring it worse. This is chronic lower back pain, in my hips, spine and tailbone. I believe playing physical sports and working hard labor has caused this. anytime I massage the outside muscle on my hips where my pelvis is, and on the top end of my ass; it is the most relieving feeling ever. Maybe I need extensive massage therapy but I don't really want to spend thousands of $ on that.

Does anyone else have this problem with their back? How do you cope with it? I've been prescribed a muscle relaxant last year for this reasoning but it was only a x20 script. They said I would need to look into natural therapy, so I did. Didn't work. Now I'm here.

Has anyone had experience with "Carisoprodol" or "flexeril"? These are the two most common used muscle relaxants other than Valium. If you know of a better one please let me know. Also if anyone knows if these are on the markets, any idea how much the cost?

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[4 Points] Theeconomist1:

I have chronic back issues and flexiril is a good muscle relaxer. Soma works well too. You should get an MRI if you haven't to identify what your problem is. I've been dealing with chronic back issues for decades now. Unfortunately it's a tough beast. I've been under the knife and had failed back surgeries. So I've given up on them for now. First you need to identify the problem. Get an MRI and see a spine Doctor.

Depending on what it is, treatment for bad lower back injuries is muscle relaxers and opioid therapy. But opioids are even getting hard to come by esp if you are under 30. You may get relief from steroid injections or nerve blocks. Nerve blocks have changed my life dramatically. I was walking with a cane for a while until I had it done. I get it done yearly now. But again, first you need to identity the problem. You possibly have an issue with your L5/S1 disk. Or even some thing with the sacrum. Only an MRI can tell you for sure. If you have pain radiating down one leg to your foot, that is an l5/s1 pinched nerve. If pain radiates but stops at the knee I believe that is an l3-l5 disk problem.

Aside from medications keeping at a healthy weight and exercising will help tremendously. If you have a pinched nerve muscle relaxers aren't going to help much. In that case look to Gabapentin or lyrica. If your issue is truly muscular than a something like flexiril or soma are good meds for that


[2 Points] None:

I've had problems in that area for quite some time now following an accident and surgery. Let me tell you what helps me. First of all I can say Flexeril is junk in my experience. 1 does nothing and 2 just made me sleepy as fuck. Went through a whole bottle early on in the ordeal and didn't ask for a refill. I really like Ketamine to deal with the pain. I get a solid break of a few hours and when I come to I feel like my muscles have been re-aligned. The numbness is such a welcome relief. At one point I was offered manipulations under anesthesia, makes me wonder how far off using K immediatley after yoga or stretching is from this treatment.

In my opinion based on my personal experienes and what I've observed in others, the main cause of a muscle spams is a muscle imbalance. In my experience traditional therapy is limited in that they target specific areas and fail to treat the body as a whole. I have found great relief in yoga and additonal exercises to strengthen more core and glutes in order to maintain better alignment.

My opinion may be different than others, but in my experience the methods used in the United States to treat chronic pain are often worse than the pain itself. I'm really glad I learned to tolerate it instead of numbing myself with opiates. It's a very slippery slope and there will come a time when the doctor won't prescribe more and the current dose won't take the pain away any more.

I second what the economist says about exercising and keeping a healthy weight. No doctor really enouraged me to do this. I was actually discouraged from exercise and told losing weight may help, but that it wasn't worth the effort. I lost about 1/3 of my weight and started exercising daily and I'm much better off. Still in pain most of the time, but I can do anything I want besides lift heavy shit. After spending 2 years nearly immobile its so amazing to be able to walk as far as I want without being in agony.


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] ElectronicExorcist:

Soma (Carisoprodol) is a great one. I also like baclofen a lot. You can find baclofen all over the clearnet, so you don't even need DNMs for that.

I have chronic back/neck pain and those two are my normal go tos for muscular relief. Most benzos will also work, but they have more side effects where these two pretty much just do the relaxation thing without memory loss and such.