Skeletal Muscle Relaxants : Before Using

Skeletal Muscle Relaxants - Systemic

Skeletal Muscle Relaxants *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects

Before Using

In deciding to using a medication, the chance of taking the drug must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you will make. For the skeletal muscle relaxants, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or allergy to any of the skeletal muscle relaxants or to carbromal, mebutamate, meprobamate - Equanil, or tybamate. Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, preservatives, or dyes.

Pregnancy care

Although skeletal muscle relaxants have not been shown to cause birth defects or other problems, studies on birth defects have not been done in pregnant women. Studies in pets with metaxalone have not shown that it causes birth defects.

Breast-feeding problem

Carisoprodol passes into the breast milk and may cause drowsiness or stomach upset in nursing babies. It is not known whether chlorphenesin, chlorzoxazone, metaxalone, or methocarbamol passes into the breast milk. However, these medication have not been reported to cause problems in nursing babies.

Use for Children

Studies with the skeletal muscle relaxants have been done only in adult diseaseds and there is no special info comparing use of these medication in child with use in other age groups. However, carisoprodol and chlorzoxazone have been using in child. They have not been reported to cause various side effects or problems in child than they do in adults.

Elderly care

Many medication have not been tested in elderly people. Therefore, it may not be known whether they work exactly the same way they do in adults people or if they cause various side effects or problems in elderly people. There is no special info about the use of skeletal muscle relaxants in the elderly.

Drug interactions

Although certain medication must not be using together at all, in other cases two various medication may be using together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your family doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are taking a skeletal muscle relaxant, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are taking any of the following:

Alcohol
Central nervous system - CNS depressants
Tricyclic antidepressants - amitriptyline " Elavil ", amoxapine " Asendin ", clomipramine " Anafranil ", desipramine " Pertofrane ", doxepin " Sinequan ", imipramine " Tofranil ", nortriptyline " Aventyl ", protriptyline " Vivactil ", trimipramine " Surmontil " The risk of side effects may be increased

Other Information for using

The presence of other medical problems may effect the use of a skeletal muscle relaxant. Make sure you tell your family doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:

Allergies, history of,
Blood disease causing by an allergy or reaction to any other drug, history of,
Drug abuse or dependence, or history of,
Kidney disease
Liver disease
Porphyria Depending on which of the skeletal muscle relaxants you take, the risk of side effects may be increased; your family doctor can choose a muscle relaxant that is less likely to cause problems

Epilepsy Convulsions may be more likely to occur if methocarbamol is given by injection

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