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Muscle Relaxers – Can Muscle Relaxers Help With Arthritic Pain?

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When is it appropriate to use muscle relaxers for arthritis pain? Should you use them long term for maintenance to help control pain and aches from arthritis?

Usually muscle relaxers are prescribed to treat the temporary relief from muscular pain that can affect the spine.

When you suffer from chronic pain and muscle spasm, perhaps due to fibromyalgia, these drugs are taken on a daily basis. Some of these drugs include:

Flexeril
Skelaxin
Carisoprodol (Soma)
Robaxin

If you’re looking for something that will make you less drowsy and can take during the day, Skelaxin would probably the best choice.

Flexeril, although not approved by the FDA for long term use, may be prescribed for nightly use to help the patient acquire stage 4 sleep to be able to feel more rested upon awakening.

Not only will Flexeril be helpful to help fibromyalgia sufferers with sleep, but can also help with pain different from pain relief that those patients get with sleeping better.

Even though these types of drugs are marketed as muscle relaxers, their action is similar to those of an anti-depressant such as Elavil.

Generally, muscle relaxants will have their effectiveness by working through the central nervous system rather than having a direct effect on the skeletal muscle itself.

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