Following on from the ban on carisoprodol enforced in Norway from Jan 1st this year, a rather sudden announcement was made on February 23rd that, with immediate effect, doctors were instructed NOT to write any more prescriptions for this drug, and Pharmacies ordered to remove it from the shelves.
This is a trend which is slowly but surely spreading around Europe; I should think it were only a matter of time until the USA follows suit.
The WHO has decreed that the risks far outweigh the benefits of carisoprodol, citing the metablisation into meprobamate, which has been banned in most countries for a long time now (it used to be available in a 400mg tablet, the brand-name 'Equigesic' comes to mind, correct me if I'm wrong) and there are now so many safer alternatives which are more effective without the side effects of carisoprodol, which is branded 'Carisoma' in most of the world, simply 'Soma' in the USA, that it is now considered surplus to any medical requirements.
I make that at least six countries in the past year or so; if you have a longing for this particular analgesic/muscle-relaxant and mild sedative in one, then prepare yourself for its removal, wherever you live. It's going, believe me.
The powers-that-be are well aware that the main benefit over other similar drugs is that carisoprodol is a potentiator for opiates and benzodiazepines, and works in that fashion particularly well when combined with Heroin.
We are Stardust. We are Golden. We are losing meds left, right and centre!
Last edited by wearestardust; 30-03-2008 at 05:12.
Reason: One slight error; addition of one small sentence.
30-03-2008, 05:07
Carisoprodol Banned In The United Kingdom
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