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Old 10-28-2008, 10:20 PM   #5 (permalink)
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At 350mg each, you're using 6 a day? A typical prescription is 3/day, so you're only at about double the recommended dosage. I've come off 20+ a day cold turkey many times in the past without a problem -- but that's not an endorsement or assurance that you'll have no problems. From what I remember, the worst of it for me was agitation after regular, heavy use and craving for the drug.

Although seizures are scary (I've had them, but never, to my knowledge, from Soma withdrawal), I haven't seen anything in my quick look around the web-med sites that indicate that Soma withdrawal can be fatal. If you can't go to detox, can you have someone stay with you in the event that you do have a seizure?

Having addressed that, I'm wondering why a professional would be suggesting an opiate agonist for a non-opiate addiction? I don't get that.

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