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Chlorzoxazone – a skeletal muscle relaxant

Drugs used as skeletal muscle relaxants

Description

It is a drug with muscle relaxant properties hence sedative. It is used as an adjuant to physical therpy and analgesics to treat stiffness and pain caused by variety of musculoskeletal conditions.

Mechanism of action

It is a centrally acting agent, acting primarily at the level of spinal cord and subcortical areas of the brain, where it inhibits multisynaptic reflex arcs.

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Mechanism of action

It is a centrally acting agent, acting primarily at the level of spinal cord and subcortical areas of the brain, where it inhibits multisynaptic reflex arcs.

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