There are two classes of muscle relaxers. Antispasmodics reduce spasms by inhibiting signals in the brain, while antispastics affect the spinal cord and reduce muscle tightness and spasms.

Muscle relaxers can relax either smooth muscles or skeletal muscles: Smooth muscle relaxers: Act on smooth muscles— muscles you can’t voluntarily control that are found in internal organs like ...

Observations made on anesthetized patients with a recently introduced synthetic muscle relaxant, succinylcholine, indicated that this agent, administered in the form of continuous intravenous ...

A drug first identified 150 years ago and used as a smooth-muscle relaxant might make tumors more sensitive to radiation therapy, according to a recent study led by researchers at The Ohio State ...

For example, direct smooth-muscle relaxants that may be used to relieve urge incontinence related to detrusor instability include oxybutynin, flavoxate, and dicyclomine. Anticholinergic agents ...

My suggestions for this patient include ensuring that she has had a rectal and colonic mucosal biopsy to rule out other pathologic conditions, then considering a trial of smooth-muscle relaxants ...

Much like caffeine, theobromine is a diuretic; however it mainly acts as a smooth muscle relaxant and cardiac stimulant [3]. While these two compounds have similar effects, the key difference is that ...