Drug - Soma 250 mg tablet (carisoprodol) [Medpointe]
March 2008
Therapeutic Area - Muscle Relaxant
Quantity limit of 84
The relief and discomfort associated with acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions in patients 16 years and older.
Treatment should be limited to periods of less than 2 or 3 weeks.
Soma was evaluated for the relief of acute, idiopathic mechanical low back pain in two, 7-day, double blind, randomized, multicenter, placebo controlled, US trials and found to be equal in efficacy to carisprodol 350mg with a slightly smaller incidence of drowsiness.
Soma 250 mg, is about $10.00 per day more expensive than carisoprodol 350 mg ($0.12/tab) or carisoprodol/asa 200/325 ($0.10/tab).
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