Skeletal Muscle Relaxants : How to Use

Skeletal Muscle Relaxants - Systemic

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

How to Use

Chlorzoxazone, metaxalone, or methocarbamol tablets may be crushed and mixed with a little food or liquid if needed to make the tablets easier to swallow.

Dosage

The dose of these medication will be various for various diseaseds Follow your family doctor's orders or the directions on the label . The following information includes only the average doses of these medication If your dose is various, do not change it unless your family doctor tells you to do so.

For carisoprodol

For oral dosage form - tablets:
- For relaxing stiff, sore muscles:
  - Adults and teenagers 350 milligrams - mg four times a day.
  - Children up to 5 years of age Dose must be determined by your family doctor.
  - Children 5 to 12 years of age 6.25 mg per kilogram - 2.5 mg per pound of body weight four times a day.

For chlorphenesin

For oral dosage form - tablets:
- For relaxing stiff, sore muscles:
  - Adults and teenagers 800 milligrams - mg three times a day, at first. Your family doctor may decrease your dose after you begin to feel better.
  - Children Use and dose must be determined by your family doctor.

For chlorzoxazone

For oral dosage form - tablets:
- For relaxing stiff, sore muscles:
  - Adults and teenagers 500 milligrams - mg three or four times a day.
  - Children 125 to 500 mg three or four times a day, depending on the child's size and weight.

For metaxalone

For oral dosage form - tablets:
- For relaxing stiff, sore muscles:
  - Adults and teenagers 800 milligrams - mg three or four times a day.
  - Children Use and dose must be determined by your family doctor.

For methocarbamol

For oral dosage form - tablets:
- For relaxing stiff, sore muscles:
  - Adults and teenagers 1500 milligrams - mg four times a day, at first. Your family doctor may decrease your dose after you begin to feel better.
  - Children Use and dose must be determined by your family doctor.
For injection dosage form:
- For relaxing stiff, sore muscles:
  - Adults and teenagers 1 to 3 grams a day, injected into a muscle or a vein. This total daily dose may be divided into smaller amounts that are given few times a day, especially when the drug is injected into a muscle.
  - Children Use and dose must be determined by your family doctor.

Missed dose If you miss a dose of this drug and remember within an hour or so of the missed dose, take it right away. But if you do not remember until later, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not double doses.

Storage To store this drug:

Keep out of the reach of children.
Store away from heat and direct light.
Do not store this drug in the bathroom, near the kitchen sink, or in other damp places. Heat or moisture may cause the drug to break down.
Do not keep outdated drug or drug no longer needed. Be sure that any discarded drug is out of the reach of children.