Carisoprodol

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Overview:

Carisoprodol
(when available)

Pharmacology and use:
Carisoprodol is used as a skeletal muscle relaxant. One of its metabolites, meprobamate, is available as an anxiolytic agent. For the relief of discomfort associated with acute, painful, musculoskeletal conditions

Mechanism Of Action:
Rather than acting directly on skeletal muscle, carisoprodol interrupts neuronal communication within the reticular formation and spinal cord, resulting in sedation and alteration in pain perception.

News Articles on Carisoprodol

Man who shot home invader arrested  -  ‎Apr 10, 2009‎
...possession of more than 20 grams of marijuana, possession of alprazolam, possession of carisoprodol and possession of drug paraphernalia. WPTV

Details in court papers raise questions on Anna Nicole Smith's ...  -  ‎Apr 6, 2009‎
An October 16, 2006 report by a Bahamas lab identified the drugs as the muscle relaxant Carisoprodol and Methadone. The Methadone tablet measured TMCnet

Police: Woman’s claim of being held hostage appears ‘unfounded’  -  ‎Mar 16, 2009‎
Barr is believed to have been taking the narcotic carisoprodol, a painkiller, he said. In a separate investigation, Stogsdill was arrested Thursday of last Joplin Globe

Prosecutors Outline 95 Acts of Lawyer Drugging Anna Nicole Smith  -  ‎Mar 13, 2009‎
Khristine Eroshevich prescribed clonazepam, [an anti-anxiety drug and] a controlled substance, and carisoprodol [a muscle relaxant] to Wesley Irwin, Actress Archives

Police beat: March 17, 2009  -  ‎Mar 16, 2009‎
...pill bottle containing numerous Oxycodone, Xanax, Dilaudid and Carisoprodol pills inside a large black and blue Targus backpack he owned, reports said. Naples Daily News

Man Accused Of Selling Narcotics  -  ‎Mar 13, 2009‎
Bobby Joe Stogsdill was arrested late Thursday night after investigators say he tried to sell ten Carisoprodol pills for three dollars each to a cooperating KTUL

Prescriptions written for Anna Nicole Smith  -  ‎Mar 12, 2009‎
..._ carisoprodol, a muscle relaxant. _ methadone, a synthetic opioid used to treat addiction. _ opiates, drugs derived from the narcotic alkaloids found in The Associated Press

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She's Not Talking  -  ‎Mar 11, 2009‎
A previously unpublished toxicology report obtained by Scene shows that there were traces of the drug Carisoprodol in Vinci's blood when she died. Cleveland Free Times

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Valley gang member arrested for drug smuggling attempt  -  04 Feb 2009
...detectives with Gang & Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission (GIITEM) apprehended Chester and found him in possession of Carisoprodol, AZ Central.com,

AAPM: Low-Dose Carisoprodol Safe Option for Acute Back Pain  -  Feb 2, 2009
2 -- A low-dose formulation of carisoprodol (Soma) may revive interest in this old-line muscle relaxant for treating acute back pain, a researcher said here MedPage Today,

Carisoprodol Tablets Effective in Patients With Acute Lower Back ...  -  Jan 30, 2009
By Emma Hitt, PhD HONOLULU -- January 30, 2009 -- Carisoprodol 250 mg tablets taken 4 times daily appear to improve functional status and are well tolerated DG News

Trial of accused child murder still on  -  Feb 2, 2009
At one point, attorneys were asking for the maintenance records of lab equipment that showed carisoprodol - an active ingredient in the muscle relaxer Soma Ahwatukee Foothills News,

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Neb. lawmaker wants to add restrictions on 2 drugs  -  Jan 13, 2009
Colby Coash of Lincoln introduced a bill (LB244) to make Carisoprodol and Tramadol controlled substances. In studies, both have shown a risk of human MSNBC

Woman accused of having sex with teenage boy  -  Jan 22, 2009
Detectives say Joan Dewey also gave the teen some of her prescription Methadone and Carisoprodol, which caused him to overdose. The boy was periodically Tampa Bay's 10,

Bust floods Orange Police Department with pills  -  Jan 15, 2009
The pills included Soma (carisoprodol), a muscle relaxant and sedative; Vicodin (hydrocodone), a pain reliever; and Xanax (alprazolam), a tranquilizer. Beaumont Enterprise,

CITY OF LOCKPORT: Walnut Street man reports break-in  -  Jan 22, 2009
...someone entered his home through a front window and stole several items, including prescription hydrocodone and carisoprodol pills. Lockport Union-Sun & Journal,

Bartlesville woman accused of drug trafficking  -  Jan 14, 2009
...of a substance that field tested positive for marijuana and a bottle containing 23 pills that were later identified as carisoprodol, reports show. Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise,

Cops continue to count pills from raid; two of three people ...  -  Jan 16, 2009
The pills included Soma (carisoprodol), a muscle relaxant and sedative; Vicodin (hydrocodone), a pain reliever; and Xanax (alprazolam), a tranquilizer. Beaumont Enterprise,

Soma- the best pain killer with effectiveness  -  Feb 3, 2009
Carisoma has capability to release fatigue from your muscles in chemical terminology it is carisoprodol. It is mostly used as a short term medicine. NewDesignWorld (press release),

Freeport Physician Sentenced For Health Care Fraud And Illegal ...  -  Jan 28, 2009
...unlawfully dispensing controlled substances including oxycodone, morphine, fentanyl, hydrocodone, alprazolam, diazepam, clonazepam, and carisoprodol. WJHG-TV,

Stoughton pot-growing operation busted  -  Jan 14, 2009
Also found were methadone hydrochloride pills, morphine, carisoprodol -- a muscle relaxant -- and clonidine, the search warrant documents show. Capital Times,

Linton woman faces drug charges  -  Dec 15, 2008
The pills were identified as a Schedule IV controlled substance called carisoprodol. Both transactions took place at a residence in northwest Linton she Greene County Daily World,

The Dawn of Anxiolytics: Frank M. Berger, 1913–2008  -  Dec 1, 2008
Frank Berger continued his research and development of carbamates (eg, the pain reliever carisoprodol) and later returned to bacteriology and immunology. Am J Psychiatry (subscription)

ANTIINFLAMATÓRIO DA EMS GANHA APRESENTAÇÃO MAIS ECONÔMICA  -  Dec 21, 2008
Age com quatro componentes diferentes: o carisoprodol, responsável por reduzir indiretamente a tensão muscular, o diclofenaco sódico - que tem propriedades Portal Nacional de Seguros,

Pembroke Pines officer resigns after prescription drug charges  -  21 Nov 2008
Stephanie Walsh, 38, turned herself in to Davie police Monday after prosecutors filed an arrest warrant accusing her of possessing Carisoprodol and Sun-Sentinel.com,

Carisoprodol - Effective Muscle Relaxant  -  Nov 4, 2008
For moderate to severe muscle discomforts, most physicians suggest the use of prescription medications like carisoprodol to do the job. ireport

Prosecutors charge Texas man with child abuse  -  Oct 29, 2008
Authorities allege Mansfield had carisoprodol, a skeletal muscle relaxant, without a prescription for the substance. A charge of possession of controlled Tahlequah Daily Press,

Girard man indicted on four felony charges  -  Nov 18, 2008
...after a year-long drug investigation and seized 13 bottles of prescription pills, including OxyContin, methadone, Carisoprodol, Olprazolam and others. Youngstown Vindicator,

Mistakes in Medication  -  Nov 11, 2008
Listed as rarely appropriate includes Chlorodiazapoxide (Librium), Diazepam (Valium), Propoxyphene (Darvon), Carisoprodol (Soma) and more. Aiken Standard (subscription),

Otra droga se instala en la noche adolescente  -  Nov 2, 2008
..."Los medicamentos que buscan los adolescentes -informó el experto- son el Carisoprodol (nombre genérico) y Flogiatrin (nombre genérico), ambos elaborados InfoBAE.com,

Restringen la venta de “El Calmadorâ€?  -  Nov 5, 2008
Los medicamentos en la mira son CARISOPRODOL, FLOGIATRIN y CALMADOR, altamente adictivos y que contienen derivados de morfina. Diario Popular,

La mezcla de medicamentos y alcohol: una tendencia letal  -  Nov 10, 2008
...tres drogas: Calmador, Carisoprodol y Flogiatrin, que se utilizan para atenuar dolores musculares, y que son utilizadas por los adolescentes como droga. InfoRegión,

Gainesville pair arrested on drug charges  -  Sep 26, 2008
...on Felicity Lane as the pair traveled to a predetermined location to buy the drugs Carisoprodol, Hydrocodone and Alprazolam from an undercover officer. Access North Georgia,

VB man receives 10-year sentence  -  Oct 11, 2008
...two counts of possession of hydrocodone, possession of carisoprodol-soma with intent to deliver and possession of clonazepam with intent to deliver. Van Buren Press Argus-Courier,

Raj’s Practical Management of Pain  -  Sep 30, 2008
For example, the commonly used skeletal muscle relaxant, carisoprodol, is converted in the liver to the tranquilizer meprobamate. Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),

Paging Dr. Alan Frischer...  -  Sep 25, 2008
...propoxyphene (Darvocet and Darvon), amphetamine (Dexedrine), lorazepam (Ativan), carisoprodol (Soma), diazepam (Valium), methamphetamine (speed), Downey Patriot,

How Christopher Savage Died  -  Sep 24, 2008
Savage died of “acute intoxication� from the combined effects of “Methadone, Morphine, Hydrocodone, Diazepam/Nordiazepam, Carisoprodol and Meprobamate. Washington City Paper,

Two arrested on drug charges  -  Sep 25, 2008
The Gainesville-Hall County Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad arrested Mandy Leigh Knowles, 28, and Mark Anthony Ogden Jr., 24. The two allegedly purchased more Gainesville Times,

Local news in brief  -  Sep 9, 2008
...two women who were in the Whiskey Road store late last week had forged a doctor's prescription for Carisoprodol and Oxycodone, according to officials. Aiken Standard (subscription),

Ex-Hawkeye Cleveland pleads guilty to drug possession  -  Aug 26, 2008
Police found 21 units of oxycodone and 24 doses of carisoprodol in Cleveland's desk, according to police reports. Cleveland admitted the pills — for which a Gazette Online,

Simpson pleads guilty to drug charge  -  Aug 22, 2008
By CHARLOTTE SANDERS WILLIAMSON – A 50-year-old Gilbert man entered a guilty plea to delivery of a Schedule IV controlled substance (Carisoprodol) Thursday Williamson Daily News,

Prescription Drugs More Deadly Than Cocaine, Heroin, Amphetamines  -  Sep 2, 2008
Relying on autopsies performed in 2007, the state report concludes prescription drugs (anti-anxiety benzodiazepines, the muscle relaxer carisoprodol and all Natural News.com,

Courthouse records  -  Sep 9, 2008
Mahmud Sahin, 35, of 11 Arline St., Worcester, charged with possession of cocaine, fined $250, $50 victim witness fee; and possession of carisoprodol, Worcester Telegram,

U of I players charged with 22 crimes since April 2007  -  Aug 31, 2008
...violation for the large amount of drugs, after seizing 21 units of pain killer Oxycodone, 24 doses of the muscle relaxant Carisoprodol and marijuana. DesMoinesRegister.com,

Undercover investigation results in 37 drug arrests in Murray  -  Aug 25, 2008
19 with sale of carisoprodol. • Doreen Mason, 43, 876-G Callie Jones Road, Chatsworth, was charged Aug. 19 with sale of alprazolam and sale of hydrocodone. The Daily Citizen,

Tampa Police: 2 Arrested In Family Feud Attack  -  Aug 21, 2008
When his car was searched, police found more than 20 carisoprodol pills, a razor blade with cocaine on it and 17 grams of an unknown white powder in trunk. Tampa Tribune,

17 counts for former pharmacist  -  Aug 19, 2008
The bulk of the prescriptions were for muscle relaxants and painkillers such as carisoprodol, butalbital and tramadol, according to the documents. Hutchinson News,

Impera venta de medicamentos falsos  -  Aug 20, 2008
...(utilizada para disminuir los niveles de colesterol) y carisoprodol (requerida en tratamientos de dolores musculares) que fueron compradas en México. La Opinión,

Use of Muscle Relaxants for Musculoskeletal Conditions Reviewed  -  Aug 5, 2008
The most commonly prescribed antispasmodic agents are carisoprodol, cyclobenzaprine, metaxalone, and methocarbamol. A meta-analysis of cyclobenzaprine Medscape (subscription)

Greely Fined for Use of Muscle Relaxant  -  Aug 1, 2008
Post-race samples tested by the Ken Maddy Laboratory at the University of California-Davis, identified hydroxy-carisoprodol and meprobomate, BloodHorse,

Doctor in prescription-abuse case found not competent to stand trial  -  Jul 21, 2008
...of second-degree murder, because a man who apparently got drugs via a prescription from Albert fatally overdosed on the muscle relaxer carisoprodol. San Diego Union Tribune,

4 Overdoses Since '06 Linked To Doctor  -  Jul 18, 2008
Mubang wrote him a prescription for the muscle relaxer carisoprodol three days earlier, the affidavit said. Tarantola died of an accidental overdose of the Tampa Tribune,

Two seriously injured in west strip head-on  -  Jul 21, 2008
Carisoprodol, hydrocodone, Tylenol with codeine, diazepan and oxycodone were found in a prescription pill bottle in the vehicle. Cody Enterprise,

Mom: System, Doctors Facilitated Son's Prescription Drug Death  -  Aug 1, 2008
During a visit on May 18, 2006, Hays prescribed an MRI as well as the painkiller oxycodone and carisoprodol, the muscle relaxant sold as Soma. Tampa Tribune,

Benzo Facts: Rohypnol, GHB: Be Wary  -  Jul 27, 2008
Carisoprodol (Soma®), a skeletal muscle relaxant, is metabolized to meprobamate. This conversion may account for some of the properties associated with TransWorldNews (press release),

Drug report shows shifting trends in use and abuse in Texas  -  Jul 23, 2008
Misuse and abuse of the muscle relaxer carisoprodol have also grown. Poison centers reported 83 calls in 1998 and 510 in 2007. In 2006, carisoprodol was Fort Worth Star Telegram,

Deaths from drug misuse skyrocket  -  Jul 29, 2008
...involving antidepressants, painkillers and anti-inflammatory medications such as aspirin, Cox-2 inhibitors, ibuprofen, naproxen and carisoprodol, he said. San Diego Union Tribune,

McQueeney man faces drug charge  -  Aug 2, 2008
The 18 pills included the prescription Carisoprodol and another for Gabapentin. Only one of the prescriptions was in Smith’s name, but Flores said that it Seguin Gazette-Enterprise,

Stewards exonerate Gomez  -  Jul 28, 2008
...starters at Santa Anita in January tested positive for the Class 2 medications meprobamate - a sedative - and the muscle relaxant hydroxy-carisoprodol. ESPN

Ex-Hillsborough Jail Medical Director Arrested On Drug Charges  -  Jul 16, 2008
Investigators found drugs prescribed by Mubang two days earlier: hydrocodone and alprazolam, as well as carisoprodol, a muscle relaxant marketed under the Tampa Tribune,

Brand Names/Synonyms:
Carisoprodol is also known by the following brand names and/or synonymsApesan; Arusal; Atonalyt; Brianil; Calenfa; Caprodat; Carisol; Carisoma; Carisoprodate; Carisoprodatum; Carisoprodol; Carlsodol; Carlsoma; Carlsoprol; Carsodal; Carsodol; Cb 8019; Coprobate; Diolene; Domarax; Flexal; Flexartal; Flexartel; Flibol E; Isobamate; Isomeprobamate; Isopropyl Meprobamate; Isoprotan; Isoprotane; Isoprothane; Izoprotan; Mediquil; Meprobamate; Meprocon; Mioartrina; Miolisodal; Miolisodol; Mioratrina; Mioril; Mioriodol; Nospasm; RELA; Relasom; Relax; SCH 7307; Sanoma; Skutamil; Soma; Somadril; Somalgit; Somanil; Stialgin; Tonolyt Isopropyl Meprobamate

Drug Category:
Carisoprodol is categorized under the following by the FDA: Muscle Relaxants; Skeletal Muscle Relaxants; ATC:M03BA02

Dosage Forms:
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Absorption:
Not Available

Interactions:
Interactions for Carisoprodol:

No information provided.





Chemical IUPAC Name:
[2-methyl-2-(1-methylethylcarbamoyloxymethyl)pentyl]aminomethanoate

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