Can Soma Pill effectively treat Muscle Soreness?

Have you ever felt like your muscles have become very stiff or have you felt unbearable pain after performing some strenuous activity? Let us say after hitting the gym after a long gap. Well, this refers to muscle soreness. Here, a person feels extreme muscle pain for several hours to days after performing some strenuous activity. This kind of pain can last almost 24-72 hours approximately. Soma Pill can be an effective treatment for people having muscle soreness. This pain med can help such people to overcome such a pain instantly.

This pain reliever is a mild one that should be used with proper rest and physical therapy to get effective pain relief. Soma Pill is a brand version of the generic drug Carisoprodol. This drug is a muscle relaxer that acts on a person’s central nervous system to give relief from pain. This medication works like a sedative blanket and provides complete relief from the muscle pain. Though the exact action mechanism is not known, it is said to work by preventing the pain sensations that are transmitted by the nerves in the spinal cord and in the brain.

Some Facts on Soma Pill

• ·         Soma Pill is an oral prescription drug mainly prescribed for acute and musculoskeletal pain.
• ·         This medication has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the year 2007.
• ·         Carisoprodol has been in the market since the year 1959.
• ·         Soma pill is normally prescribed for short term i.e. 2-3 weeks.
• ·         It is a controlled substance (Schedule IV) declared by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) under the Controlled Substances Act.

What are the ingredients of Soma?

The ingredients of Soma pill are classified into active ingredients and inactive ingredients.

The active ingredients of this pain med are Carisoprodol and aspirin

The inactive ingredients of this pain med are croscarmellose sodium, FD&C Red 40, FD&C Yellow 6, hypromellose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, povidone, starch, and stearic acid.

How to take this Pain med?

• Take the medication as prescribed by the doctor. Do not consume this pain med in increasing amount. Otherwise it can lead to some dangerous health consequences.
• ·         Take the drug orally before or after taking your meal. Never inhale or inject this drug.
• ·         Do not chew, break, or split the pills. Swallow the pills as a whole with a glass of water.
• ·         Adults to treat muscle spasm are recommended to take 250-350 mg about thrice in a day and once before the bed time.
• ·         Provide your whole medical history to your doctor and information on the current drugs that you are taking.

What to do when you miss a dose?

In case you forget to take a dose, take the pill as you remember it. Do not take the pill if it is almost time for your next dose. Never take an extra pill to make up for the missed dose. Keep on taking the next doses as per the dosing schedule.