URGENT!!! - Stopping baclofen, help please!

[deluxlux]

Hello guys, I just registated to this forum, because
im in desperate need of help.

I been on Bac for 18 months now, around 125-140 mg a day (100 in the morning, 40 evenings).

Last week I went to the pharmacy and they told me that there is no more baclofen shipments for my country and thats the last 2 packs the lady could find me . I checked many places and all told me the same, so I had just 2 packs of 10 mg (100 pills of balofen) with which i have to somehow withdraw from Baclo. Thing is at such high doses like mine and long periods, I read that u must decrease by 2,5 mg per 2-3 days, even less and i cannot afford that...


So i been cutting by 10 mg each day for the last week.
Im on 70mg today, and i just finished one of the packs. So i got another 50 pills roughtly. If i cut by 5 mg now per day, i can manage doing it, but im very affraid that i might receive a seizure, coma or whatever stuff i read on the internet...

Tell me what else can I take, to reduce the withdraw symptoms of the baclo, because Im on my own here and im running out of time...

Sorry for bad spelling but im already feeling like shit, and im just half way there, even less...

[StuckinLA]

URGENT!!! - Stopping baclofen, help please!

Order more online. Goldpharma.com has always been pretty quick (to the US at least), or River Pharmacy, which has a link on this website. What country are you in? Someone could ship you some, depending...

[deluxlux]

URGENT!!! - Stopping baclofen, help please!

Im from Bulgaria.
I havent ordered anything online, because i dont have a credit card. (not popular around here) Anyway, if i order, then i will probably have to order it just by the internet from now on and its way too expensive with the shipments too. Because in the pharmacys here 50 pills of baclofen 25 mg are like 6 $... and i see them prices online, which are redicilous, 0.25 $ per pill etc.

I just need help to stop it now, advices or something
Because I dont wanna freak out, I have too much shit on my head now too and its a very bad moment but thats that.

I heard ginger root is good for the nausea, some people were mentioning diazepam, I dont know
I need help from someone experienced

[Xadrian]

URGENT!!! - Stopping baclofen, help please!

Can't you find another pharmacy?
Call all the pharmacies in your neighbourhood, otherwise visit your doctor.

LAST and i really mean LAST option to prevent seizure probably would be drinking alcohol. I would not recommend that, but if it means the difference between a seizure or not, there might be little choice.

But first ask your doctor (I'm not a doctor) and/or call all the pharmacies around.

[IpswichTown]

URGENT!!! - Stopping baclofen, help please!

Hi

I totally understand your problem.

Please take my advice and e-mail Dr Phill immediately. I'm sure that he will help you. His email address is drphillipthomas@aol.com.

A

[deluxlux]

URGENT!!! - Stopping baclofen, help please!

Thanks mates, I sent an email do Dr Phill.
About the other pharmacies, thats what I meant, that there is no Baclofe in the whole country any more!

Last night was a nightmare, so I had to take 10 mg more so i did with 70 mg again, no progress there. I hope today Ill manage to go with 65, or 60, but who knows...

I want this to end as soon as possible, because Ill lose so much weight without eating, that I will look like a skeleton.

[Xadrian]

URGENT!!! - Stopping baclofen, help please!

Did you visit your doctor yet?
If not, do so immediately. Don't wait until your out of stock.

[Xadrian]

URGENT!!! - Stopping baclofen, help please!

By the way, why don't you eat?

[deluxlux]

URGENT!!! - Stopping baclofen, help please!

Xadrian;1425744 wrote: By the way, why don't you eat?

Because I have no appetite
Hardly ate 2 bananas, a yoghurt and a sandwich today and its 17 00.

My doctor doesnt know im taking such pills mate and im pretty sure he doesnt know they excist even, because no one has heard them around here.

Im thinking of drinking a bit of alchohol tonight, but I dont know how much would just do the trick, maybe 100 ml or more?

[Ne/Neva Eva]

URGENT!!! - Stopping baclofen, help please!

Don't drink. It's not about being addicted, or becoming re-addicted. I am no medico, and have no medical knowledge related to this, but I absolutely guarantee that alcohol will not help with withdrawals from baclofen and will absolutely make them worse. Why do I say that? Because I have A LOT of experience drinking and taking baclofen. Together. Booze makes bac worse. And it may make baclofen withdrawal an emergency situation. It's how I ended up in the ER the second time. The first time was when I took too much baclofen and drank too much.

I (personally) would:

Find some baclofen. Period. Order what I had to in order to titrate down effectively. I don't know anything about Bulgaria, but I cannot imagine that someone somewhere doesn't have this. But I also can't imagine you haven't tried everything to find it. That being the case, I would order some.

A benzodiazepine may help. It's what is prescribed in hospitals.

You could call Phill. Or email him. He will know (based on actual medical knowledge) what your best options are. He will also know what the worst options are. And he may be able to help you get what you need. (It may be expensive. I have no idea.)

Don't drink. Really. It's the only "direct" advice I can/will offer.

[Xadrian]

URGENT!!! - Stopping baclofen, help please!

deluxlux;1425769 wrote: Im thinking of drinking a bit of alchohol tonight, but I dont know how much would just do the trick, maybe 100 ml or more?

I can not and will not advise you in that.

Even if your doctor doesn't know about you taking baclofen, he certainly will know baclofen being prescribed to MS-patients with skeleton muscle spasms.

If you also show him the instructions that came with the baclofen, he will be aware that stopping baclofen abrubtly can be extremely dangerous.

So please believe me and take my advice: Go see your doctor.

[Fabio]

URGENT!!! - Stopping baclofen, help please!

deluxlux, you are about to run into serious troubles concerning your health if yo do not follow xadrians advise to consult a doctor or a hospital as soon as possible. try to get back to your previous dosage as soon as possible. if you can?t get mor then the maximum discription dosage of 80mg ask y friend to source for the rest. don?t waste precious time!!!