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Posted 12/11/2024 7:29 PM (GMT -5)
Does anyone who has tried Robaxin know what a good dose of that is for fibromyalgia (and back pain). (I know this can be variable for people, but just wondering, as a starting point). Thank you.
Posted 12/17/2024 10:27 PM (GMT -5)
Hi, Loonsong! I take the generic of Robaxin called Methocarbamol. It has helped me immensely. I started taking 4 tablets a day…one every 6 hours. I then started to forget a dose so I took one tablet every eight hours. Again I was feeling so much better that I was forgetting to take it every 8 hours so now I take it every 12 hours…before breakfast and before dinner and that works the best for me. My back pain is almost gone and it allows me to function with only taking arthritis strength Tylenol twice a day also! That really is amazing for me! I hope you have good success with this medication also. Please let us know how you are doing because we do care about you.

Sherrine
Posted 1/5/2025 11:02 AM (GMT -5)
Hi Sherrine,
Thank you for your response, I appreciate it. Mine is also the generic form of Robaxin. The dr. prescribed a 500 mg tablet, to take 3 times a day. So far, I've just taken half a tablet after work or before bed. I'm so glad to hear that this has been helping you, along with the Tylenol. I've been on Savella for years, but due to insurance changes, may need to go off of it. Maybe taking the Methocarbamol could help instead, though I am reluctant to feel more tired/drowsy during working and driving times. Glad you can be down to every 12 hours, that's great. I Thanks again for your response. Happy New Year!
Posted 1/5/2025 5:08 PM (GMT -5)
Loonsong, does the Methocarbamol make you sleepy whenever you take it? When I was first given this medication over 40 years ago I was told to take two 500 mg. Tablets four times a day. When I took the first dose I knew I would be asleep within 15 minutes and would sleep about 3 hours. Any of the other doses never made me sleepy…just the first dose. So, when I oiled get a prescription for it, I would wait until evening before I started it and that worked great for me.

Taking one 500 mg tablet doesn’t make me sleepy at all. If you get help with a half a tablet, that’s great! Whatever work best for you. For years I was taking ibuprofen with it but I had to stop the ibuprofen because I had a heart attack and was put on a blood thinner. Ibuprofen can thin the blood also. I thought I would be in a lot of pain but the methocarbamol stepped in along with arthritis strength Tylenol and I’m doing fine. So I you have to stop the Savella, you just might be surprised how much the Methocarbamol really is helping you too!

You have a Happy New Year too and do let us know how you are doing because we do care about you.
Posted 1/22/2025 10:08 PM (GMT -5)
Hi loonsong and Sherrine and happy new year!

I'm late coming into the conversation but just wanted to say that I take methocarbamol (thanks to Sherrine's suggestion a long while ago) and am happy with it. My body seems to have adjusted well to it, after taking it for several years. I take 1/4 to 1/2 of a 500 mg. tablet a day and it seems to continue to work well. I do increase to 3/4 up to 1 tablet if I'm in a bad flare.

I also take 100 mg of gabapentin, and that helps me with some nerve pain/irritation issues that occasionally come up.

Hope everyone is doing as well as possible and your year is off to a good start!
Posted 1/24/2025 5:53 PM (GMT -5)
Hi, Luvs! It’s so great seeing you again! Happy new year to you too and to all the members. It’s going to be a good year, too. I can feel it in my bones.

I’m glad to hear that methocarbamol is still helping you so much, especially since you can get away with such small amounts. I am amazed how much it helps me.

Everyone have a really good weekend! Stay warm!

Sherrine
Posted 1/26/2025 10:22 PM (GMT -5)
Hi Sherrine and Luvminis,
Thank you for your replies! I tried taking a whole tablet of the Methocarbamol and it did make me sleepy. Thank you both for your replies about how much you take and what works for you. I'm sorry that you had a heart attack, Sherrine. I'm still going to be on the Savella (not a large dose) for now, but it's good to have this Methocarbamol on hand. Thanks, Luvminis for your idea about breaking it down even further than half a tablet, although I tried that and it was hard for me to split it into quarters with a pill cutter.
Thank you again so much for sharing this information and it is very reassuring and hopeful. May you both have a happy, healthy 2025!
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