TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Muscle Relaxants and α2 Agonists for Pain Management A1 - Elliott, Jennifer A. A2 - Bajwa, Zahid H. A2 - Wootton, R. Joshua A2 - Warfield, Carol A. PY - 2016 T2 - Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine, 3e AB - Skeletal muscle relaxants are frequently used in patients with both acute and chronic pain when a component of muscle spasm is thought to be contributing to pain symptomatology. They are also used in the management of disorders in which spasticity is a prominent feature, such as multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and after spinal cord injury or stroke with paresis. A wide variety of muscle relaxants are available, and selection of an agent for use may be influenced by factors such as cost, perceived potency, side effect profile, chronicity of pain, and addictive potential (or lack thereof). Commonly used muscle relaxants in the United States include baclofen, carisoprodol, chlorzoxazone, cyclobenzaprine, dantrolene, diazepam, metaxalone, methocarbamol, orphenadrine, and tizanidine. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1131937326 ER -