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Health & Fitness > Prescription & Medication What is Carisoprodol

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Carisoprodol, better known by its trade name Soma, is a pharmaceutical muscle relaxant indicated for painful muscle spasms. It is a centrally-acting muscle relaxant; this means that it exerts its muscle-relaxing effects on the central nervous system, not on the muscle itself. It is often prescribed for muscle strains, particularly of the low back and is used as an adjunct with an analgesic.

Carisoprodol is efficacious in the treatment of low back pain and other types of muscular strains for a few reasons. The first relates to its tendency to act as a euphoric as well as a mild sedative...

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