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Baclofen, sold
under the
brand name
Lioresal among others, is a
medication used to
treat muscle spasticity, such as from a
spinal cord
injury or multiple...
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exaggerated deep
tendon reflex.
Spasticity is
often treated with the drug
baclofen,
which acts as an
agonist at GABA receptors,
which are inhibitory. Spastic...
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Phenibut is
thought to act as a
GABAB receptor agonist,
similarly to
baclofen and γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB). However, at low concentrations,
phenibut mildly...
- sclerosis, and
spastic cerebral palsy.
Effectiveness appears similar to
baclofen or diazepam. It is
taken by mouth.
Common side
effects of
tizanidine include...
- the
protective sheath surrounding the
spinal cord.
Medications such as
baclofen, bupivacaine, clonidine, morphine, hydromorphone,
fentanyl or ziconotide...
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Acute withdrawal from
baclofen and
phenibut may also
cause auditory and
visual hallucinations, as well as
acute psychosis.
Baclofen withdrawal can be more...
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withdrawal in as many as 23% of patients.
Other options include lamotrigine,
baclofen, gabapentin,
amitriptyline and pimozide.
Opioids are not
usually effective...
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tetrazepam and
other benzodiazepines, mephenoxalone, methocarbamol, dantrolene,
baclofen.
Drugs once but no
longer or very
rarely used to
relax skeletal muscles...
- effectiveness, but
remains in
preregistration as of
September 2021.
Development of
baclofen/samidorphan has also been discontinued.
Samidorphan has been investigated...
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route is
nearly always fatal.
Often reserved for
spastic cerebral palsy,
baclofen can be
administered through an
intrathecal pump
implanted just
below the...
