Usage in Pregnancy and Lactation

Usage in Pregnancy and Lactation -The safety of this drug in pregnancy or lactation has not been established. Therefore, use of this drug in pregnancy, in nursing mothers, or in women of childbearing potential requires that the potential benefits of the drug be weighed against the potential hazards to mother and child. Carisoprodol is present in breast milk of lactating mothers at concentrations two to four times that of maternal plasma. This factor should be taken into account when use of the drug is contemplated in breast-feeding patients.

Usage in Children --The efficacy and safety of carisoprodol in patients under 12 years of age has not been determined.
PRECAUTIONS

Seizure Disorders: There have been rare reports of seizures in postmarketing surveillance in temporal association with carisoprodol. These events have involved patients with and without previous medical histories of seizures and have occurred during therapeutic use, with overdose and during withdrawal from prolonged use. The role of carisoprodol in the causality of these seizures has not been established.

Carisoprodol is metabolized in the liver and excreted by the kidney; to avoid its excess accumulation, caution should be exercised in administration to patients with compromised liver or kidney function.