People who suffer with muscle pain often turn to treatments that involve muscle relaxants. Skeletal muscle relaxants are categorized as a heterogeneous group of drugs. As a class, they are structurally and pharmacologically diverse. These drugs are used to stabilize muscle excitability, decrease pain, and improve motor function. They employ their pharmacologic effect centrally at the level of the spinal cord, the brainstem, or the cerebrum. They have no impact, if any effect at the muscle fiber level. Muscle relaxants can be divided into two main categories; antispasmodic and antispasticity agents. This class of drugs are used to treat spasms from peripheral musculoskeletal conditions, and to decrease spasticity in neurological disorders, such …show more content…
' (Lance 1980). Conditions that are linked with spasticity and are often treated with muscle relaxants are spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and traumatic brain injury. Patients with these conditions and suffer with spasticity will most likely suffer with disabilities and pain, which may affect their functional ability and quality of life.
As talked about before muscle relaxants are used to treat and reduce muscle spasms and spasticity. Muscle relaxants work by causing the muscles to relax, which reduces pain and discomfort. These medications don 't actually act on the muscles themselves but they act on both the central and peripheral nervous
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With every drug comes side effects and certain elements that must be taken into consideration before a medication is administered. Baclofen side effects include; mood changes, nausea, drowsiness, fatigue, vision disturbances, weakness, headache, light headedness, confusion and insomnia. Baclofen can also cause seizures and hallucinations, high fever, rebound spasticity, and muscle rigidity if discontinued abruptly. It is important that anyone taking muscle relaxants such as Baclofen understand the effects it has on the body. Those who operate heavy machinery or those who depend on muscle strength must take into consideration that Baclofen dose cause drowsiness and effects the alertness of those taking it. It is commonly recommend to take these medications at night or in times of rest to decrease any potential injuries from the side effects of the
This painkiller is an opioid and it works by imitating endorphins, the natural painkillers in the body, which block pain signals to the brain. As per the Drug Enforcement Agency in America, it is 50 times as potent as heroin.
Main side effects Respiratory depression, light headedness, sedation, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, constipation, abdominal pain. Patient education To take Morphine with meals to avoid abdominal cramps and nausea. To avoid driving and carry heavy machines.
Structural Features Acetaminophen is a molecule that is made of twenty atoms; its bonds consist of fourteen single bonds and four double bonds. Acetaminophen is also composed of clusters atoms with groups with names. First of all, part of an acetaminophen atom is a benzene ring. A benzene ring is a ring of six carbon atoms that are connected to each other by three double bonds and three single bonds and unusually all the bond are the same size. In addition, to make sure all the electrons in the outer valence are used the there are hydrogen atoms bonded to stabilize the carbon atoms.
4 There only side effect that arouse from the combination was sedating symptoms like drowsiness and
My preceptor and I discussed both the dangers of this class of medications as well as their usefulness. We also discussed the fact that there is new research to
Prescription drugs pose many health risks including both short term and long term side effects. Every prescription information sheet from any local pharmacy lists a plethora of warnings, cautions, and possible side effects. In many cases, the patient is forced to wonder if the prescription drug will help their illness, or cause further medical issues. Side effects that are considered “mild” are still troubling. Side effects such as drowsiness, sleeplessness, muscle pain, dizziness, nausea and bouts of depression may not appear to be harmful but can cause serious consequences.
Possible side effects of the combination medication include a rapid heart rate, tremors or nervousness, and cough or throat irritation (National Institues of Health,
Educating her about adverse effects of diarrhea, cramping, headaches, fatigue and loss of fluid and electrolyte imbalances. I am encouraging hydration and will continually be assessing her for signs of dehydration and do laboratory tests to determine electrolyte levels if needed. Also, comparing these assessments with baseline findings of stool color, consistency and frequency (Karch, 2013). 5. Given in an upright position and stay with her to make sure she takes them 6.
This concept of relaxers or “creamy crack” by some people or its scientific name sodium hydroxide; while women of different races use relaxers to add curl to their hair, black woman use them to straighten their hair. Using this chemical you need to be careful. This relaxing, not so relaxing chemical treatment has an irritating sting and burn. When it stings, that should let you know that it is time for you to rinse it out. As you are rinsing it out you can already feel how straight your hair is.
In myasthenia gravis, antibodies block, alter, or destroy the receptors for acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction, which prevents the muscle contraction
In the book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the people of London in this future dystopian society take a pill called a soma that calms your nerves and helps your mind deal with stressful situations. Anytime they get worried at all or just feel down they take soma. (Huxley, 1998) Society should be against mood enhancing drugs because it alters their state of mind and effects the natural way of dealing with emotional situations. There are drugs that people take to alter their mood; some in a good way others may be bad.
(Mancano & Gallagher, 2014) Notice that all these medications end with –lol, a way to know what class the medications fall into. Beta blocker medication differ in the receptors they block and there effects. Non-selective beta blockers (propranolol), block B1 and B2 receptors, therefore affect the heart, blood vessels, and air passages. Selective beta blockers (metoprolol), block B1 receptors and mostly affect the heart and has no effect on the air passages. Labetalol and Carvedilol block beta and alpha-1 receptors.
Muscle cramps can be extremely painful, making muscles feel harder than normal to the touch. Changes in sodium and potassium through sweat loss can also contribute to
*Heart attack *Ventricular arrhythmias *Increased intraocular pressure NOTE: The other side effects explain above is rare but they are mostly experienced by people having hypertension,