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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