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  2. Muscle relaxant - Wikipedia

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    A muscle relaxant is a drug that 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 ...

  3. Cyclobenzaprine - Wikipedia

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    Cyclobenzaprine is a centrally acting muscle relaxant. [ 24 ] Cyclobenzaprine is a 5-HT 2 receptor antagonist; it relieves muscle spasm through action on the central nervous system at the brain stem, rather than targeting the peripheral nervous system or muscles themselves.

  4. Chlorzoxazone - Wikipedia

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    Chlorzoxazone (INN) is a centrally acting muscle relaxant used to treat muscle spasm and the resulting pain or discomfort. It can also be administered for acute pain in general and for tension headache (muscle contraction headache). It acts on the spinal cord by depressing reflexes. It is sold under the brand names Lorzone, Paraflex and Muscol ...

  5. Tolperisone - Wikipedia

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    Tolperisone (trade name Mydocalm among others) is a centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant used for the treatment of increased muscle tone associated with neurological diseases. It has been used since the 1960s. [1][2]

  6. Neuromuscular-blocking drug - Wikipedia

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    Neuromuscular-blocking drugs, or Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), block transmission at the neuromuscular junction, [ 1 ] causing paralysis of the affected skeletal muscles. This is accomplished via their action on the post-synaptic acetylcholine (Nm) receptors. In clinical use, neuromuscular block is used adjunctively to anesthesia to ...

  7. Methocarbamol - Wikipedia

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    Methocarbamol is a centrally acting muscle relaxant. [3] How it works is unclear, but it does not appear to affect muscles directly. [3] Methocarbamol was developed in 1956 in the laboratories of A. H. Robins (later acquired by Pfizer). Studies were directed towards the development of propanediol derivatives which possessed muscle relaxant ...

  8. Orphenadrine - Wikipedia

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    Orphenadrine (sold under many brand names) [ 1 ] is an anticholinergic drug of the ethanolamine antihistamine class; it is closely related to diphenhydramine. It is a muscle relaxant that is used to treat muscle pain and to help with motor control in Parkinson's disease, but has largely been superseded by newer drugs. [citation needed]

  9. Mephenoxalone - Wikipedia

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    Mephenoxalone (trade names Dorsiflex, Moderamin, Control-OM) is a muscle relaxant [2] and mild anxiolytic. [3] It inhibits neuron transmission, relaxing skeletal muscles by inhibiting the reflex arc. [citation needed] As the effect of muscle relaxation, mephenoxalone affects mental condition, and is also a treatment for nervousness and anxiety.