General information on Muscle Relaxant Medication

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General information on Muscle Relaxant Medication

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Muscle relaxers, or muscle relaxants, are medications used to treat muscle spasms or muscle spasticity which is caused by too much muscle strain. There are different muscle relaxant drugs ( ) available at affordable rates. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: General information on Muscle Relaxant Medication


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About Muscle Relaxant
  • Muscle relaxants fall under two categories
  • Antispasmodics- Centrally acting skeletal muscle
    relaxants (SMRs) used to treat muscle spasm.
  • Antispastics used to treat muscle spasticity.

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What is Muscle spasm?
  • Sudden, involuntary contractions of a muscle or
    group of muscles.
  • Caused by too much muscle strain.
  • Symptoms include lower back pain, neck pain, and
    fibromyalgia.

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What is Muscle spasticity?
  • Causes stiffness, rigidity, or tightness
  • Caused by injury to parts of the brain or spinal
    cord
  • Conditions include multiple sclerosis (MS),
    cerebral palsy, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    (ALS)

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Antispasmodics Centrally acting skeletal muscle
relaxants (SMRs)
  • Help relieve muscle spasms.
  • They cause a sedative effect or prevent your
    nerves from sending pain signals to the brain.
  • Use these Muscle Relaxant drugs for up to 2 or 3
    weeks.
  • Drugs include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
    drugs (nsaids)- ibuprofen (advil, motrin),
    naproxen (aleve) acetaminophen- tylenol, or a
    combination of both.

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Antispastics Muscle Relaxant
  • Antispastics are used to treat muscle spasticity.
  • They should not be used to treat muscle spasms.
  • Drugs include Baclofen (Lioresal), Dantrolene
    (Dantrium), Diazepam (Valium).

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Contact Us
  • 44 (800) 3688620
  • support_at_pillsuk.com
  • https//www.pillsuk.com/muscle-relaxant-medicines.
    aspx

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