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Muscle pain relief and relaxer information;
These are a range of drugs specifically formulated to relieve
muscle pain associated with sports and other injuries plus
operations, while at the same time as relaxing the muscles
involved so they can heal. Muscle pain relievers are therefore
very different to other forms of pain relief medications
which can be found under Pain
Killers.
Muscle pain information
Eudynia (nociceptive pain) is a normal physiologic
response to noxious events and injury to
somatic (muscle or soft tissue) or visceral (internal organ)
tissue. It can be beneficial and serves as an early warning
mechanism. Eudynia often is acute.
Creams, gels, sprays, liquids, patches, or rubs applied
on the skin over a painful muscle or joint are called topical
pain relievers or topical analgesics. Many are available
without a prescription but are generally non or low effective
in both pain relief and / or relaxing the affected muscle
area.
Many drugs have been marketed as muscle relaxants, even
though most do not seem to have any direct effect on muscle.
Perhaps they should be called “brain relaxants,”
since they are all sedating and this may be how they actually
work. Some also have analgesic (pain reducing) properties.
Cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) is
chemically similar to the tricyclic antidepressants and
may have a similar mechanism. Muscle relaxants have limited
efficacy in chronic pain, but may be used to treat acute
flare-ups.
Converted by the body into meprobamate, Soma
/ Carisoprodol is a barbiturate-like drug. It may cause
physical dependence. It should be avoided in kidney or liver
disease. With
prolonged use, it is associated with dependence. Long-term
use in chronic pain should be avoided.
Skelaxin is a skeletal muscle
relaxant and should be used with caution where patients
may have or be vulnerable to liver disease. Zanaflex is
a drug indicated for spasticity associated with multiple
sclerosis or spinal cord injury but being used off label
for chronic muscle pain.
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