The long-term use of muscle relaxants may benefit patients with painful spasms or cramps and neck pain, according to a systematic review of clinical studies, but they do not appear to be beneficial ...

Back pain plagues many Americans, and new research shows that doctors are doling out muscle relaxant prescriptions to treat the pain -- often along with an opioid painkiller. Experts worry that muscle ...

It's not too difficult to push through occasional muscle spasms and soreness. In fact, there are plenty of ways to ease sore muscles after a workout. But when you deal with chronic, painful muscle ...

As the opioid crisis continues in America, more and more doctors are steering away from prescribing opioid medications as a treatment for pain. Since 1999, more than 932,000 people have died from a ...

Dear Doctor K: I get tension headaches. Over-the-counter pain relievers help, but not completely. What else can I try? Dear Reader: Tension headaches are the most common type of headache. They cause a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In 44 studies, muscle relaxants showed benefit for only a small subset of pain syndromes. The findings suggest ...

The strongest evidence for effectiveness was seen for skeletal muscle relaxants used for trigeminal neuralgia, neck pain, and painful cramps. HealthDay News — Long-term use of skeletal muscle ...

At one point or another, we’ve all experienced the unexpected, intense pain of a muscle cramp. Muscle cramps, also known as muscle spasms or charley horses, are the involuntary contraction of muscle ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients using cyclobenzaprine or methocarbamol had increased relative risk for COPD exacerbations, researchers ...

SteriMax Inc. is recalling OrfenAce 100 mg tablets after testing identified a nitrosamine impurity above what is considered acceptable if the drug were to be taken over a lifetime. OrfenAce (a brand ...