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...

In 1948 two papers appeared in the journal Nature on the curare-like properties of polymethylenc bisquaternary ammonium salts. Barlow and Ing in Oxford and Paton and Zaimis in London had separately reached the conclusion that these compounds had ncuromuscular blocking properties. Their work had...

Once curare was discovered it was evident to many physicians that it could have therapeutic implications, but the supply of the drug was scarce and the quality very unpredictable. Proper scientific evaluation was therefore very difficult for over a century. This situation changed...

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...