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Can Soma reduce the chance of experiencing a seizure while on Tramadol?

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The reason I think Soma may reduce the risk of a seizure is because of it's muscle-relaxing properties, but honestly I don't understand how seizures work, so I figured I would ask you smart guys in ADD. I know benzos can reduce the risk of seizures, but what about Soma?
 
Actually, there is evidence that carisoprodol lowers seizure threshold (meaning that it would increase the risk!). I'll try to find you some references.

I really wouldn't mix the two.
 
Antiepileptic drugs will reduce the risk of a seizure. Clonazepam, diazepam, phenobarbital, valproic acid, etc etc should all do so. Some of them might not for some odd reason, but they all should work fine, and unless there's specific evidence regarding a particular drug, I would feel safe going forth with any of them. Be watchful for additive CNS depression, particularly with barbital derivatives.

Carisoprodol and Meprobamate will not work. They are both well known to decrease the seizure theshold and have produced seizures alone occasionally. Not remotely a suitable control.
 
Hammilton said:
Antiepileptic drugs will reduce the risk of a seizure. Clonazepam, diazepam, phenobarbital, valproic acid, etc etc should all do so. Some of them might not for some odd reason, but they all should work fine, and unless there's specific evidence regarding a particular drug, I would feel safe going forth with any of them. Be watchful for additive CNS depression, particularly with barbital derivatives.

Carisoprodol and Meprobamate will not work. They are both well known to decrease the seizure theshold and have produced seizures alone occasionally. Not remotely a suitable control.
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You forgot to mention that also opioids + benzos Kick Ass! ;)
 
That's actually the problem. I don't have a prescription for any anti-epileptic or anti-seizure drugs, so I don't know how I would get ahold of any.
 
Anti-seizure drugs can have the reverse effect if they're not needed, plus some of them (like Dilantin) can have pretty nasty effects on your body. Aside from recreationals, I'd stay clear of buying any medications without a prescription.
 
True, you do need to know what you are doing with medications like that. Benzos are the way to go
 
^ the only problem with that is, I am getting randomly drug tested, and benzos can show up for weeks. But tramadol and soma don't show up
 
Pillthrill said:
True, you do need to know what you are doing with medications like that. Benzos are the way to go
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Actually, unless you're planning on dosing long term, anti epileptic drugs are incredibly safe. Valproates can be hepatotoxic, but that's a concern if you're taking them daily for a long time, as long as you stay below a toxic level (not hard to do, either) you'll be fine.

Phenytoin is extremely safe. If you're not pregnant and staying within normal doses, and not taking it long term, your only real concern should be allergy- which is also uncommon.
 
My husband has been on phenytoin (Dilantin) for the last several years and had to drop down from the dose his neurologists had initially suggested because of abnormal liver enzyme tests. From what his regular doctor has had to say, liver issues are a fairly common issue.

It may not be a concern with relatively short-term use, but stopping any anti-epileptic medicine without a taper after continuous use carries an increased risk of seizures. Whether the amount of time is less than it takes with benzos isn't something I could speak from experience from, but the rest I can, and matches up with what we've read.
 
^ With ion channel altering drugs like Phenytoin or Valproates, though, that seems to only be true in those who had seizure disorders before starting them. Bipolar patients who are treated with antiepileptics don't seem to incur any sort of increased risk of seizure with abrupt discontinuation- and we discontinue our meds all the time, without regard for how long we've been taking them.
 
Fair enough, that makes sense. I'm on Lamictal for off-label use and my doc mentioned a seizure risk from rapid discontinuation, but she didn't go into detail as to if that were a general warning carried by the drug for the intended method of use or a general risk with the drug.
 
hmm I'm on the same stuff and they didn't mention that to me... so it might just be one of those disclaimers
 
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