Drug Uses

Skelaxin is a muscle relaxant. Skelaxin is used to treat the pain and stiffness of muscle injuries, including strains, sprains and muscle spasms.

How Taken

Skelaxin comes as a tablet to take by mouth. The recommended dose for adults and children over 12 years of age is two tablets (800 mg) three to four times a day. Skelaxin may be taken with food or immediately after meals to prevent stomach upset. Do not increase your dose, take it more frequently or take it for a longer period of time than prescribed by your doctor.

Warnings/Precautions

Do not take Skelaxin if you have acute intermittent porphyria. Before taking Skelaxin, tell your doctor if you have liver disease. You may need a lower dose or special monitoring during your therapy. It is not known whether Skelaxin will harm an unborn baby. Do not take Skelaxin without first talking to your doctor if you are pregnant. It is also not known whether Skelaxin passes into breast milk. Do not take Skelaxin without first talking to your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby. Skelaxin is not approved for use in children younger than 12 years of age.

Missed Dose

If you miss a dose of Skelaxin, take as soon as remembered within 1 hour. Otherwise skip that dose and resume usual dosing schedule. Do not "double-up" the dose to catch up.

Possible Side Effects

The most frequent reactions to Skelaxin include nausea, vomiting, gastrointestinal upset, drowsiness, dizziness, headache, and nervousness or "irritability." Other adverse reactions are: hypersensitivity reactions, characterized by a light rash with or without pruritus; leukopenia; hemolytic anemia; jaundice.

Storage

Store Skelaxin at room temperature between 59 and 86 degrees F (between 15 and 30 degrees C) away from moisture and sunlight. Do not store in the bathroom.

Overdose

If overdose is suspected, contact your local poison control center or emergency room immediately. Symptoms of overdose may include severe drowsiness or unconsciousness.

More Information

Use caution when driving, operating machinery, or performing other hazardous activities. Skelaxin may cause dizziness or drowsiness. If you experience dizziness or drowsiness, avoid these activities. Use alcohol cautiously. Alcohol may increase drowsiness and dizziness while you are taking Skelaxin.

Disclaimer

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General considerations in the use of muscle relaxants Muscle relaxants are principally used to provide good muscular relaxation for surgery. When they are used respiration must be controlled via an endotracheal tube. A few general guidelines for the use of relaxants are listed below: 1. Always be certain that you will able to ventilate the patient by face mask before paralysing them. 2. If a rapid onset of action is required then suxamethonium should be used as it acts more quickly than any of the non-depolarising drugs. If a short duration of paralysis is required suxamethonium is most suitable and may be given in repeated doses provided atropine is administered prior to the second dose of suxamethonium to avoid bradycardia. 3. Non-depolarising muscle relaxants take about one and a half to two minutes to act and you should allow time for relaxation to develop before attempting intubation. 4. The supplemental dose should be about 25% of the initial dose. Never attempt to reverse the relaxation until at least 15-20 minutes after the last dose of relaxant was given. 5. Never extubate a patient until you are certain that the paralysis has been reversed and they have adequate muscle strength to protect their airway and breathe. One way of testing this is to assess whether they are able to lift their head off the pillow for 5 seconds. Ensure that breathing is of adequate depth and frequency. 6. It takes some time before the larynx is able to protect the airway and so the patient is best placed in the lateral position for recovery. 7. If a nerve stimulator is available it can be used to monitor the degree of relaxation. However it is not essential and relaxants can be safely be used without a nerve stimulator by careful observation of clinical signs. 8. When muscle relxants are administered awareness is always a danger since a paralysed patient cannot move in response to pain. It is therefore essential to ensure that the depth of anaesthesia is adequate.

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