Where to get Baclofen

[bacon]

So I am sure that this information is hiding somewhere in a thread but I searched for over an hour and could not find it. I looked at Phoenix labs which looks like it is no longer running or I had the wrong website. I am pretty broke. I have state insurance and I am unsure if I could fill a prescription from Dr. L as he is out of state. Any thoughts?

[john doe]

Where to get Baclofen

Goldpharma

River pharmacy

4RX

Seem to be the most popular.

[bacon]

Where to get Baclofen

I am new to all of this. I just ordered the book on Amazon and hopefully that will give me the info I need. I have tried Naltrexone, Campral, antabuse, Vivitrol.... I am currently taking B vitamins and L glut but cannot seem to stay sober for longer than 4 days. I have been on the soberrecovery website for some time but it seems the only advice given is to go to AA which I have no interest in. If anyone knows any doctors in Wisconsin that prescribe bac and take state insurance (yeah right) that would be helpful also. Thanks john doe!

[Alky]

Where to get Baclofen

Bacon, I can't stand that self-righteous soberrecovery.com crowd, which is why I'm here. The most innocuous and well-intentioned mention of any type of medication always got me a nasty message from the moderator (I think her name was Carol), so I finally just asked them to delete my account. God forbid we help each other. Anyway, Otter posted Dr. L's contact information on this thread:

https://www.mywayout.org/community/f2...l-2-76100.html

I've had success with campral (now on day 17), so I decided to forego the baclofen route, but there are plenty of people here who can provide some guidance on how to get Dr. L. to provide you a prescription. I think he basically calls in the prescription to whatever pharmacy you tell him to contact.

I know this sounds a bit blunt (please don't take offense - I don't mean to offend), but a lot of people on this site have found success in staying abstinent with the medications you say you've tried. What is your commitment to staying sober? Because in my opinion, I don't think there's any drug that can overcome a lack of true commitment to being AF.

And yes, it would appear that Phoenix Research Labs is no more.

[Rusty]

Where to get Baclofen

Bacon,

I'm from Wisconsin...and I still live here. Do this....go to Walgreen's and get their prescription card. It will save you a boatload of $$$$. Dr. L. prescribes my Bac. After my initial "consultation" with him (it cost me $135)....I get 270 10 mg. tablets for $20.

Also, I wholeheartedly agree with Alky's input:

I know this sounds a bit blunt (please don't take offense - I don't mean to offend), but a lot of people on this site have found success in staying abstinent with the medications you say you've tried. What is your commitment to staying sober? Because in my opinion, I don't think there's any drug that can overcome a lack of true commitment to being AF.

Keep posting and reading....and feel free to PM me if needed.

[dixon]

Where to get Baclofen

Rusty;1504067 wrote: Bacon,

I'm from Wisconsin...and I still live here. Do this....go to Walgreen's and get their prescription card. It will save you a boatload of $$$$. Dr. L. prescribes my Bac. After my initial "consultation" with him (it cost me $135)....I get 270 10 mg. tablets for $20.

Also, I wholeheartedly agree with Alky's input:

Keep posting and reading....and feel free to PM me if needed.

I suggest not to go for any other dependency...Baclofen is also a money making project .What we can do is go for meditation and ask yourself , healer is within.
Dix

[bleep]

Where to get Baclofen

I suggest you ignore Dixon, who sounds like he has been spending time at soberrecovery.

I would also respectfully disagree with both Alky and Rusty. Baclofen frees you from the compulsion to drink, as well as the desire to, if it works for you. There are several long term baclofen users who drink occasionally, myself included. It does require staying on baclofen for the rest of your life though. Some people have managed to come off baclofen, but only those who choose to go completely AF.

Best of luck, and let us know how you get on.

[bleep]

Where to get Baclofen

Sorry, I forgot to mention this:

Drinking while you titrate up is perfectly ok, and in no way interferes with the eventual success or failure, but it definitely does make the SE's worse. You will have to decide, as you titrate, which route you want to go.

Personally, I drank the whole way.

[Alky]

Where to get Baclofen

bleep;1504090 wrote: Personally, I drank the whole way.

And here I thought the whole purpose of baclofen was to make you want to not drink and allow oneself to curb their drinking.

[kronkcarr]

Where to get Baclofen

Hi, bacon,

I have been on bac since 12/12/12. I don't look at it as a dependency. I look at it as a medication that fixed my faulty brain chemistry. I didn't over drink once I started it, but that's just my route. I have 1-2 drinks with friends every 2-3 weeks or so. It's more of a ritual. I don't think about alcohol and more importantly if I have 1 drink I'm not thinking about another and another and...

I disagree with dixon. Bac is not a money making project. It's out of patent and that's why it's not as expensive as most drugs today. That's also why there are difficulties getting efficacy studies going.

Dr L mailed my script to me and that made it easier. My consult in March was $140.

Good luck!

[libmit]

Where to get Baclofen

I totally agree with Bleep - it takes away the craving to drink. I drank titrating up and I'll have a couple of drinks if I want to. I can have wine then switch to water easily instead of drinking on until I pass out like I used to do.

I also agree with Kroncarr about it fixing the faulty brain, and not being an addiction. That's silly - like saying a diabetic is addicted to insulin.

Also, I tried topamax and naltrexone and neither of them worked for me. Baclofen works for me. I used to drink Captain Morgan every night to black out. I haven't had a drop of the captain since I hit my switch - no desire.

I have had a few issues with side effects, but they definitely improve with time.

Definitely try bac - just make sure you have enough supply on hand to titrate down if necessary. I'm currently taking liquid from Phoenix but I've also ordered from River, traded some for nal with a fellow myo person, and had a friend pick some up in India. They all work. The liquid has the least side effects.

Libby

[libmit]

Where to get Baclofen

I totally agree with Bleep - it takes away the craving to drink. I drank titrating up and I'll have a couple of drinks if I want to. I can have wine then switch to water easily instead of drinking on until I pass out like I used to do.

I also agree with Kroncarr about it fixing the faulty brain, and not being an addiction. That's silly - like saying a diabetic is addicted to insulin.

Also, I tried topamax and naltrexone and neither of them worked for me. Baclofen works for me. I used to drink Captain Morgan every night until into a black out. I haven't had a drop of the captain since I hit my switch - no desire.

I have had a few issues with side effects, but they definitely improve with time.

Definitely try bac - just make sure you have enough supply on hand to titrate down if necessary. I'm currently taking liquid from Phoenix but I've also ordered from River, traded some for nal with a fellow myo person, and had a friend pick some up in India. They all work. The liquid has the least side effects.

Libby

[john doe]

Where to get Baclofen

dixon;1504073 wrote: Baclofen is also a money making project.
Dix

Rusty gets... 270 10 mg. tablets for $20

Yeah... Someone's making a killing:no:

[bleep]

Where to get Baclofen

Alky;1504104 wrote: And here I thought the whole purpose of baclofen was to make you want to not drink and allow oneself to curb their drinking.

Sorry I wasn't clear - I meant I drank all the way up to indifference.

[Ne/Neva Eva]

Where to get Baclofen

EDIT: I basically reiterated what everyone else said. Sorry.

It's usually a good idea to keep in mind that the people who take medications to treat the disease often take a rather different approach than the people who do not. It confuses me as to why people who do not treat this disease with medication would contribute information related to taking medication, but it happens. It also confuses me as to why they don't take medication, though. (I am trying desperately not to be disparaging, but I will add that the people who think that you can pray this away make me rather angry.)

Anyway.

Baclofen is not addictive. https://www.mywayout.org/community/f2...nce-75493.html

Absolutely no one makes money on any of this, except perhaps the online overseas pharmacies and the pharmaceutical companies who make generic medicine. The person who runs this website isn't getting rich. Dr. Ameisen gets royalties from his book, but nothing related to taking baclofen. Dr. Levin probably makes $150 for every 10 or 20 alcoholics he talks to on the phone.

If you use other tools (therapy, exercise, nutrition, support groups, etc.) and have a commitment to changing your life so that it doesn't focus on alcohol consumption, it's much more likely that you'll have a healthy contented life that doesn't focus on alcohol consumption. But in general, if you take enough of the medication for long enough, you won't want to drink. You might be a miserable person still, but you'll be a sober miserable person.

Cheers.

Oh! I think there is a rehab in Wisconsin in which a really progressive psychiatrist prescribes medications to treat the disease. I don't have specifics, but I found it a couple of years ago with a google search. I may have it wrong, but I would certainly suggest pulling out google and calling the addiction specialists. Good luck!