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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

What Disease Does Flexeril Treat?

Health Encyclopedia: Fibromyalgia Medications

Medications


To date, the FDA has not approved any drug for specific treatment of fibromyalgia. The first choice in drug treatments usually consists of an antidepressant or a muscle relaxant. The goal is improving sleep and pain tolerance. Medications from other drug classes (sleeping aids, anti-convulsants, pain relievers) may also be prescribed. Patients receive drug treatments in combination with exercise, patient education, and behavioral therapies.

Antidepressants

The main classes of antidepres...

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TMJ Medications
...- Relafen Meloxicam - Mobic Naproxen - Aleve Muscle Relaxants Carisprodol - Soma Cyclobenzaprine - Flexeril Diazepam - Valium Lioresal - Baclofen Metaxalone - Skelaxin Tizanidine - Zanaflex... Read more »
Fibromyalgia Medication
...reported improvement when treated with Neurontin. 4.  Muscle Relaxants Muscle relaxants like Flexeril, Soma, Skelaxin and Robaxin are sometimes prescribed for fibromyalgia pain.  Although... Read more »
Back Pain and Sciatica: Medications and Alternative Treatments
...combination of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and muscle relaxants such as cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril), diazepam (Valium), carisoprodol (Soma), or methocarbamol (Robaxin) are... Read more »
Periodontal Disease: Highlights
Osteonecrosis of the Jaw and Bisphosphonate DrugsBisphosphonate drugs, which are used to strengthen bone, may increase the risk for developing osteonecrosis (bone decay) of the jaw, a rare... Read more »
Crohn's Disease: Highlights
Drug ApprovalAdalimumab (Humira) was approved in 2007 to treat adults with moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease.Infliximab (Remicade) was approved in 2006 for treating active Crohns disease... Read more »

Medications

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This medication relaxes muscles. It is used along with rest and physical therapy to decrease... Read more »

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This medication relaxes muscles. It is used along with rest and physical therapy to decrease... Read more »

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This medication relaxes muscles. It is used along with rest and physical therapy to decrease muscle... Read more »

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This medication relaxes muscles. It is used along with rest and physical therapy to decrease muscle... Read more »

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This medication relaxes muscles. It is used along with rest and physical therapy to decrease muscle... Read more »

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