Diazepam for Muscle Spasm User Reviews (Page 5)

• Jon
• February 1, 2021

"I have painful back spasms. Doctor won't prescribe diazepam. When I get spasm I can't walk. Can't get to phone or loo. But as they are addictive I can't get them until I throw myself down the stairs in spasm get found a week later and wake in hospital. How can I make it with a chemistry set or just get doc to prescribe!!!!!"

• Benny...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• September 17, 2022

"It's been an very beneficial medication for me for over a decade. MS (multiple sclerosis) causes very painful and frequent spasms in my legs. Diazepam helps calm the spasms as well as makes them less painful. I use 10mg tablets anywhere from 2-4 times daily. The occasional drowsiness isn't ever too much to handle. Diazepam also helps with my agoraphobia and really has given my quality of life back."

• BKJ
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• June 5, 2022

Valium (diazepam) "I have spondylosis in my neck and have extreme pain on a number of occasions and ended up having to have an epidural. Muscle relaxants never helped. However, when I went to the ER one time the doctor said that some people got relief with valium and he gave me a prescription. It is sometimes hard to get a doc to prescribe it since it is a benzodiazepine and most docs are really bureaucrats these days. However, it works really well for me, and nothing else I've tried works that well. It doesn't take much and I don't have to use it very often, but I am grateful to have a doctor who listens to me and will prescribe it. I haven't had to have an epidural since I started using it four years ago."

• Zbob
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 25, 2020

"Prescribed 10mg for severe muscle spasms. Spasms stopped immediately but was accompanied by constant sleeping and drowsiness. Stopped after 3 days so I could function like a normal human being again. Switched to OTC remedies which is a more tolerable option."

• Ramon...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 5, 2024

"This medicine for sure works for sciatica. Doctors should prescribe it for nerve pain and stop being afraid of prescribing these pills. More research should be done, and the government should reschedule this pill to a non-narcotic."

• mysof...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• March 11, 2023

"I've had myofascial pain syndrome for about 15 years now. I've been on loads of different things; ibuprofen, co-codamol, co-dydramol, gabapentin, amitriptyline, duloxetine, and finally tramadol which I still take. My pain is always present but I can deal with it about 50% of the time when it's in the background, the other 50% I take a low dose of 37.5mg tramadol mixed with paracetamol. Now sometimes I get really bad episodes with muscle spasms. I have had extreme pain for days or even weeks. The only thing that will help me, in this case, is diazepam (I found this out when it was prescribed to me a couple of times after going to the hospital with unbearable pain). I can't get it through my GP, so now I need to get it in a different way. If I don't the muscle tension and pain will get worse and worse. I love diazepam cause it's the only thing that can stop the pain cycle after I take it a few days in a row. Something like this only happens about 3 or 4 weeks per year so I'm not addicted."

• L M-S
• Taken for 10 years or more
• August 20, 2017

"I am on Diazepam to treat Stiff Person's Syndrome and related anxiety symptoms: fear of heights, open spaces... Anxiety, stress and loneliness are increasing, though muscle spasm and stiffening attacks no longer occur"

• Big...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 5, 2022

"I'm 51 now. At 14 an auto accident tore everything that could be torn except my spinal cord. Thank you Lord. I did everything I was told to do from physical therapy to watching my diet watching what I pick up how I pick it up my whole life now and I just find out that Valium help with spasms my spasms are so debilitating, every breath I inhale I black out. Only to find out if we go by their rules l am an addict. What happened to WE hire the Doctor???? Lord forbid you go to E.R. to refill what ever u need. Now you're a drug seeker!"

• Segway...
• July 24, 2009

"I was riding a Segway last weekend and unfortunately crashed and burned. Fell on my right side. Right now pretty black and blue. Had a lot of high intensive muscle spasms including entire upper right back area radiating around to upper chest and abdomen. Each lasted several seconds. Doctor prescribed 5mg Diazepam tabs up to 8 per day. Only needed four a day to start and spasms showed remarkable improvement within two days. Still have some at night when reclining or turning but I believe this will subside within a week instead of weeks. The doctor sure knew what he was doing."

• Jenni...
• February 22, 2009

"I have Reflex Sympathetic Dystophy. After having a shoulder surgery go bad, I have been put on many different muscle relaxants. Diazepam is the only one that has worked for me. It also takes care of my anxiety. I take 2.5 mg 2-3 x a day or as needed. Works great. I have been on it for about 8 months. I'm doing the best yet."

• chronic...
• July 22, 2008

"I have had chronic pain for 12 years, have regular steriod injections in my spine and botox in the large spinal muscles. I take pregablin 3 times a day and baclofen at night. I used to use diazepam quite regularly for muscle spams before getting these drugs, recently missed a few pregablin and needed my diazepam. You still feel the pain of the spasm, but the drug makes you less tense, so you don't excerbate the problem. It enables me to start moving around gently and get back to normal quicker."

• Jonaroo
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• October 2, 2022

"Having tried everything you can legally get from all sort of specialists. I get tension, crazy uncontrollable spasms following multiple MVAs among other issues. Valium is by all my accounts a miracle medication and its use should be far more encouraged. The idea of using alternatives that are packed full of side effects with minimal benefits is madness. Diazepam allows ones life tasks and goals life to be performed. If it works for some people, don't make them feel guilty and put them through hell. Having it available as a 'take x amount as needed' is the way."

• carol...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• February 1, 2024

"I don't drink or smoke, but when I was 27 I got chickenpox and shingles straight away, ending up off work. I was taken 2mg of diazepam three times a day, with spasms of not leaving the house, not eating, and wouldn't talk to anyone, ending up shouting at them. I couldn't sleep. The doctor prescribed diazepam, but as the years went on, they would refuse to give it and never listen. I'm 68 now, and doctors still have a problem. I have to buy diazepam off a person who takes alcohol and drugs."

• LMarsh
• March 14, 2022

"I am prescribed diazepam long term for chronic muscle spasms in my neck and shoulders. Without diazepam my muscles are completely rigid and any movement causes crepitis and loud cracking. Diazepam does not relieve the nerve pain of my condition, and people should be aware of this. It may take pressure off the nerves through reduced tension but will not treat nerve pain. I rate this medicine highly for what it does, its a muscle relaxant not a pain reliever and it does what it says. However, and this is the downpoint, tolerance develops very quickly on this medication. So much so that after just a few weeks the only relief in consumption is relieving withdrawal. This is why many people ask to be prescribed higher and higher doses of benzodiazapines. I refuse to take any more than 5mg a day. When I build up a tolerance I go cold turkey for 8 weeks and I'm prescribed an alternative baclofen. I switch between the two medicines to prevent tolerance and increasing dosage."

• Becky
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 24, 2024

"Since 1983, I've had nerve damage in my left leg. Then, I've had failed back surgery, DDD (Degenerative Disc Disease), 3 discs in neck out of whack, CLL (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia), fibromyalgia, RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome) 24/7, tinnitus, peripheral neuropathy, and my doctors have tried so many medications to relieve the pain. I take morphine for the RLS after becoming immune to all other meds, and my PCP (Primary Care Physician) prescribed Diazepam for the muscle spasms in my legs and feet. For the past year, I have finally been able to receive relief. But the pain doctor made me quit taking the Diazepam. I had no side effects from it, but the relief was great for those 2 years."

• Jenni
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 20, 2021

"I suffer with chronic back spams every now and again and THE ONLY thing that works is diazapem. Straight away. It is so hard to get my GP to prescribe it even though I may only ask it for 3 to 4 times a year they say I'll be addicted! How can 21 tablets (5mg) s year get me addicted. Its disgusting, they would happily prescribe a long term anti depressant that helps though - of course as they get more money. Well no, I keep fighting my right to have diazepam when my back spasms as it works effectively. My GP can't play god with this...surely I have s right in what I get if it works"

• Jillygo
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 4, 2016

"End up a A&E screaming in pain in neck & arm, any movement made it worse. Back there following night even worse, even though I was given 2mg diezapan & codeine. Zero effect. Emergency appointment with GP increased to 5mg. Lots of sleep but no pain relief at all, if anything got worse. 6 weeks off work. Seeing specialist for CT scan and having something injected. This was caused by cheap nasty keyboards as speed more important than ergonomic keyboard or regular breaks to stretch or proper desks. Tired of being tired."

• Charlie...
• October 17, 2011

"I had surgery on my back in my lower lumbar for stoniness. I am on Valium and Hydrocodone/acetaminophen and the medicines seem to work during the day but when I get up in the morning I can't feel my legs. I then take the medicines and about 30 min's later I'm okay. I still have the pain in the day but not as bad. I am also having erectile dysfunction. I hope this will go away after healing of the back."

• Anonymous
• October 25, 2008

"Have taken this medicine intermittently 2.5 to 5 mg 1-2 x a day for years. Works rapidly, no side effects, also reduces anxiety, unease and discomfort, and importantly, when my systolic BP is high (160 ) it makes my beta blocker (atenolol) work more effectively. There seems to be a synergistic effect between the two. "

• Kathy
• Taken for 10 years or more
• February 27, 2022

Valium (diazepam) "It has been a terrible drug for me. I was put on 5 mg for pelvic muscle spasms for 4 years. I became chronically nauseated for 6 months had my gallbladder removed and nausea ceased. During that time doctor increased Valium to 35 mg to combat nausea when other meds were ineffective. Doctor then abruptly stopped Valium. I had convulsions was very sick and didn’t know why. Eventually a psychiatrist reinstated 15 mg. That was 12 years ago. Have never been the same. Didn’t realize how it can disrupt a body. There are over 100 side effects you can experience tapering off this drug. It is a dirty drug that interacts with so many other medications. I am currently on a very slow liquid taper and praying I can recover. Most people eventually do recover. A small percentage suffer permanent damage."

• AJano
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• August 3, 2018

"I’ve been taken diazepam for 6 years 10ml. I wish I never put it in my mouth. 6 years later I now wake up with the shakes, sometimes can’t sleep because I’m in so much pain in my lower back. I can’t focus when someone is trying to talk to me. I get the sweats bad but when I get the diazepam and take 80ml that will hold me from 9 in morning to around 3 in afternoon then will need another 80ml just to feel normal and be able to function I don’t now what else I can do ????"

• Anonymous
• June 28, 2008

"I've had severe siactica pain for 8 years. I take Norco, Skelaxin and Mobic daily for relief. But when the pain gets worse, I usually take 5mg Valium and it works to ease the pain. I recommend it to take only as needed because it can be a very dangerous drug."

• Mrpain
• September 28, 2016

"As prescribed by my doctor .for my muscle spasms(taking it along with iboprofen 600 mg.) Hasn't made a dent on my pain.h e only gave me 7 to take 1 at night ..but my pain is worse so I have taken during the day; having 3left..my pain started when standing up and walking ..but now is when laying down in bed too! Should I ask for a stronger dose?"

• TEVA...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 7, 2020

"diazepam TEVA 10mg. My pharmacy to switch to this brand and I had to take three pills and I still have done nothing to help me sleep. I find TEVA diazepam to be garbage. 1- 2 hours later up until 1:00-2 hours later 3rd pull up until 4:00 am. First time using since pharmacy switched from other brand. TEVA = GARBAGE and NO SLEEP"

• JCano
• July 16, 2021

Valium (diazepam) "I have a chronic muscle spasm in my right shoulder area after a surgery followed by a car accident years later. Valium is the only medication that I find relieves the pain. I don’t find endone or that family helpful at all."