Central Acting Muscle Relaxants & Spasmolytics
Central Acting Muscle Relaxants
Chlorphenesin Carbamate (Maolate)
Baclofen
Acts As A GABA Agonist
Baclofen Exerts Its Antispastic Effects In The Spinal Cord
Hyperpolarizes Neural Cells
Reduces The Frequency Of Flexor And Extensor Spastic Events
Baclofen - Medical Uses
Baclofen - Side Effects
Hypotension
Diazepam
Mechanism Of Action
Diazepam - Medical Uses
Diazepam - Adverse Side Effects
Hypotonia
Children
Not Been Conclusively Determined
Decreased Alpha Motor Neuron Traffic With A Decrease In Spasm
Medical Uses
Peripheral Acting Muscle Relaxants
Peripheral Muscle Relaxants
Dantrolene Sodium (Dantrium)
Dantrolene : Peripheral Muscle Relaxants
Dantrolene Sodium Mechanism Of Action
Reduces The Contractility Of Muscle
Side Effects - Dantrolene Sodium
Dantrolene - Therapeutic Uses
Helps Manage Spasticity
Dantrolene - Unusual Therapeutic Uses
Multiple Triggering Mechanisms
Malignant Hyperthermia
Quinine Sulfate (Quinamm)
Quinine Sulfate
Quinine Sulfate :
Quinine Sulfate Acts To:
Adverse Side Effects For Quinine Sulfate
Fever
Quinine Sulfate : Medical Uses
Quinine Sulfate Obliterates The Spasticity Of Myotonia Congenita
Clinical Considerations
Patients should not be doing hazardous activities while on these medications
Watch the patient for :
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