Baclofen - Frustration at week 4 and no improvements :-(

Hi - I’m losing my faith with baclofen which I have been taking for stiffness on my left quad. I have now worked myself up to 30mg per day…(10mg in the morning, 10 mg at lunchtime and 10 mg before bed), and to be honest, other than feeling a little drowsy, I have noticed zilch improvement in muscle tightness…

Has anyone noticed this? I was hoping to see some improvement by now and have been doing my exercises too.

Oh well, starting my first kesimpta injection this afternoon :grimacing: …wish me luck :melting_face:

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Two things:

That’s a very specific muscle - are you sure you’ve not just pulled it a bit? Consider rubbing some Voltarol gel on your quad. It helps take the edge off. I also use a massage gun (mines a Mebac3, others are available) to agitate the muscle more than you are able to in normal life.

Baclofen is something you build up slowly and come off slowly too. Give it time while you try other ways to loosen up?

Graeme

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I use magnesium spray at night before bed on my calf muscles.it stops the pain all night

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