Muscle relaxers are drugs that can help relieve muscle cramps and spasticity. Learn about the different options.

Some muscle relaxants, however, can have potentially serious side effects, like liver damage. Your doctor will work with you to find the medication that makes the most sense for your situation.

Of course, muscle relaxant intensification may sound wonderful when you're hurting after an injury or workout. However, it could be a recipe for unexpectedly serious problems.

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

In a new study, people who arrive at the emergency room with severe low back pain didn't experience more relief with muscle relaxants or opioids than with over-the-counter painkillers.

Meconium aspiration is believed to cause persistent pulmonary hypertension syndrome of the newborn (PPHN) via vasoconstriction, whereas meconium has a relaxant effect on rat tracheal muscle. We ...

Muscle relaxant drugs are largely ineffective for low back pain, despite being widely prescribed for this condition, suggests an analysis of the latest evidence published by The BMJ today.

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Scientists said this week that muscle relaxants can reduce the contractions that cause pain when passing the stones. About 1 in 10 people will have the painful experience of kidney stones.