Robaxin
Description
Skeletal muscle relaxants such as Robaxin are used to relax certain muscles in your body and relieve the stiffness, pain, and discomfort caused by strains, sprains, or other injury to your muscles. However, Robaxin does not take the place of rest, exercise or physical therapy, or other treatment that your doctor may recommend for your medical problem. Robaxin also has been used to relieve some of the muscle problems caused by tetanus.
Recommendations
Adults and teenagers-1500 milligrams (mg) four times a day, at first. Children-Use and dose must be determined by your doctor.
For relaxing stiff, sore muscles: Adults and teenagers-1 to 3 grams a day, injected into a muscle or a vein. This total daily dose may be divided into smaller amounts that are given several times a day, especially when the medicine is injected into a muscle.
Children-Use and dose must be determined by your doctor.
Precautions
If you are taking this medicine for a long time (for example, more than a few weeks), your doctor should check your progress regularly.
Robaxin medicine will add to the effects of alcohol and other CNS depressants (medicines that slow down the nervous system, possibly causing drowsiness). Some examples of CNS depressants are antihistamines or medicine for hay fever, other allergies, or colds; sedatives, tranquilizers, or sleeping medicine; prescription pain medicine or narcotics; barbiturates; medicine for seizures; other muscle relaxants; or anesthetics, including some dental anesthetics. Do not drink alcoholic beverages, and check with your doctor before taking any of the medicines listed above, while you are using Robaxin medicine.
Skeletal muscle relaxants like Robaxin may cause blurred vision or clumsiness or unsteadiness in some people. Robaxin may also cause some people to feel drowsy, dizzy, lightheaded, faint, or less alert than they are normally. Make sure you know how you react to this medicine before you drive, use machines, or do anything else that could be dangerous if you are dizzy or are not alert, well-coordinated, and able to see well .
Ingredients
Active ingredient: methocarbamol.
