21st January 2004
Katie,
It's always hard to place cause and effect when there is are different meds flying at you from all sides.
But just to answer the direct question: No, you cannot expect the effect of any blood pressure drug to be effective 3 weeks after taking it, probably not even after 3 days!
The flexeril (which I hate like poison) can be causing MANY of your symptoms....it'a really TOUGH drug to tolerate for many people. SOMA (carisoprodol) is a much kinder muscle relaxant IMHO but all the docs are very quick with the flexeril prescriptions.
It's always hard to place cause and effect when there is are different meds flying at you from all sides.
But just to answer the direct question: No, you cannot expect the effect of any blood pressure drug to be effective 3 weeks after taking it, probably not even after 3 days!
The flexeril (which I hate like poison) can be causing MANY of your symptoms....it'a really TOUGH drug to tolerate for many people. SOMA (carisoprodol) is a much kinder muscle relaxant IMHO but all the docs are very quick with the flexeril prescriptions.