This article refers to skeletal muscle relaxants. For information on smooth muscle relaxants, see Antispasmodic . A muscle relaxant is a drug which affects skeletal muscle function and decreases the muscle tone . It may be used to alleviate symptoms such as muscle spasms , pain, and hyperreflexia . The term muscle relaxant is used to refer to two major therapeutic groups: neuromuscular blockers and spasmolytics . Neuromuscular blockers act by interfering with transmission at the neuromuscular end plate and have no central nervous system (CNS) activity. They are often used during surgical procedures and in intensive care and emergency medicine to cause paralysis . Spasmolytics, also known as centrally-acting muscle relaxants, are used to alleviate musculoskeletal pain and spasms and to reduce spasticity in a variety of neurological conditions. While both neuromuscular blockers and spasmolytics are often grouped together as muscle relaxants, the term is commonly used to refer to spasmolytics only.
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For the past 6 months or so I have been experiencing pain on the left side of my body. The pain is mostly around the scapula on my left side but I also have intense pain in my left elbow and my arm "goes to sleep"...
I have had terrible muscle/joint aches for the last 3-4 weeks. 4 Advil every 4 hours is of no help. I got muscle relaxants from my dr. That seems to ease the pain a little. I recently slowly got off ssri's 4 weeks ago, have been drinking 8...
I'm a 35 y/o male, 6'6" 265lbs. I noticed a quarter sized lump on the left side of my back next to my shoulder blade after about a month of discomfort, now the discomfort has gone to pain just above the lump, I am also experiencing pain on the...
I went to the dentist on the 4th and after third shot got shakes started to feel like passing out. reaction stopped after 20 min, tired the rest of day. That night had feeling of bread stuck in throat. I did choke and cough at dentist but i think...
I suffer from RA. But for several months now i suffer from muscle spasms. They seem to come and go day and night.
Legs,toes,neck calves,fingers,hips, and my feet. I'am a phlebotomist and its really starting to...
Hello, I just got some routine blood work back for cholesterol and kidney function( need to have an MRI in 3 areas of brain and spine r/t. MS. The values for the GFR is 53, and the protein is 8.1. Chol. Is 227, and...
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Last Wednesday morning, my wife (XXXXXXX Age-28) woke up saying she has some sprain in the neck. By night it was bit worse, I gave her a muscle relaxant (Nise-MR), however by thursday morning it was worse....
I have been having constant pain on my left side just under my shoulder blade which radiates into my armpit and down my arm. It is very tender on palpation. This started 2 days ago and nothing seems to releave it. I...
Hello, I have had lower back pain for the last five days. While the pain itself is moderate to light, it is the back spasms that are extremely painful. I wwent to a walk in clinic, and he prescribed me Vicodine,...
I suffered back muscle pain while working out in the gym 1 month back which I ignored and continued working out at Gym for next week by applying regular Moov/Violini sprays. Last week while bending to pick up...
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User : since 2 days i have been suffering from massive body pain throughout the body, I haven't done any exercise but still i woke up in the morning i am...
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A large car ran a red light and struck my wife s care in the driver side rear door going about 45mph. Very sore in neck , shoulders, and left waist . All seem to be getting better after a week. Cat scans and x rays showed no missalighned c vertibre or broken bones.Followup up Dr unable to determine cause of walnut sized lump above left clavicle...
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Hallo sir, good afternoon , i am coming from tenkasi currently working in Riaydh , i have on question. My wife fall down in the stair case (two steps hit my wife tailbone). since we are living out of india how to cure it we have met ortho doctor gave some medicines for muscle relaxation,. How to cure fast what are the safety measures to take it...
hi , yesterday i was doing weight, and all of a sudden i got a back spasm however after continuing doing the weights, the spasm moved from my back to my chest , and everytime i breath in at the very end at my lungs maximum expansion it hurts in my chest, anyway i went back home sat down and then my heart started making a weird noise every time...
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Hello my name is Andy, I have been taking pamsvax xl 400 capsules for several months, possibly over 12 months. They have improved my bladder problem. However, I am also a runner and have been suffering from sever aches and pains in my groin and scrotum on both sides. This has impeded my running and I have run out of ideas for what is causing the...
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Hi, I have been experiencing lower back pain by the tail bone on the right side for a couple years now but it has been getting worse. I cant exactly locate the pain i just know the area in which it is. It seems to hurt/ swell when im on my feet all day or doing physical activity. Sometimes the pain is so bad that my legs shake and i cant move. I...
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75 YEAR OLD FEMALE ,SHORT AND OVERWEIGHT . FOR SEVERAL YEARS, I SUFER PAINFUL LEG AND ABDOMINAL MUSCLE CRAMPS ,ESPECIALLY WHEN I EAT LIGHTLY. SO PAINFUL, THEY MAKE ME CRY. I TAKE MAGNISIUM PILLS , BUT NOTHING ,SO FAR , HAS HELPED. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO TO HELP ? THE LAST THING PRESCRIBED WAS MUSCLE RELAXANTS, BUT STILL NO HELP.
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SINCE last few days --- i have heaviness burning in left chest ; neck and left arm . every morning i am fine and around 7.oo pm at night it starts coming . My BP in left arm today was 84/136 and in right 84/152. I had a similar sever attack 4 months back , and at that moment i had MY BP at 100/180 for 2 days. My cardiologist conducted ECG x 2...
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I my GP has suggested the use of Diazepam for muscle spasm whilst I wait for physiotherapy (long waiting list) I am concerned about some of the possible side effects and wondered what effect it may have on my intimate relations with my partner? Obviously I am looking at short term use, however, I just like to be fully informed on all aspects of...
hi there.I have a question about medication.I m 31 yo female.i had a compresion fracture of vertabraes in 1997.after accident i have a neurogenic bladder .I had an operation after accident,and have stabilisation implant of the vertabraes.I m on pain most of time,but had an ct an xray done and everything is ok.i was taking...
Sometimes my heart will beat really fast and hard like a spasm and its really uncomfortable. The spasms doesnt stop until after a few minutes, even when i try to sit down, breath and relax. It happens when i m sick from the flu , when i m moving about or even when i m doing nothing. I dont smoke , i m very active and very rarely drink alcohol. I...
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