Strains, sprains, and other muscle injuries can result in pain, stiffness, and muscle spasms. Muscle relaxants do not heal the injuries, but they do relax muscles and help ease discomfort and stop muscle spasms. The muscle relaxant cyclobenzaprine...

A muscle relaxant is a drug which affects skeletal muscle function and decreases the muscle tone. It may be used to alleviate symptoms such as muscle spasm and pain, and hyperreflexia. The term "muscle relaxant" is used to refer to two major therapeutic...

A court Friday convicted two doctors and two ambulance workers of participating in a scheme in which 14 patients were allowed to die _ or in some cases killed with muscle relaxants _ in return for kickbacks from funeral homes. All received prison sentences, ranging...

A nurse accused of killing his wife, the former state controller, planned for a year to commit suicide after he testified at his murder trial, his defense lawyer said Wednesday.Chaz Higgs, 43, a critical care nurse, is charged with killing Kathy Augustine with an injection...

U.S. pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough Corp. has agreed to sell off several animal vaccines and medicines to win EU approval to acquire Organon Biosciences, the drug unit of Netherlands-based Akzo Nobel NV, for $14.4 billion (10.95 billion euros).The European Commission said Thursday it had cleared Schering-Plough...