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What is baclofen?

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

What is this tablet?

Baclofen is a muscle relaxer and an antispastic agent.

Baclofen is used to treat muscle symptoms caused by stiffness.

Baclofen can also be used for other purposes not listed in this tablet guide.

What is the most important information I need to know about Baclofen?

Baclofen can cause side effects which may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be awake and alert. It can increase some of the side effects of Baclofen. Do not use Lioresal at a time when muscle tone is needed to assure safe balance and movement for certain activities.

You may have withdrawal symptoms such as seizures, when you stop using Baclofen after using it over a long period of time. Do not stop using this drug suddenly without first talking to your doctor. You may need to use less and less before you stop the drug completely.

How to use Baclofen

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Baclofen Uses

Historically generic baclofen was created to be a drug for epilepsy in the 1920s. The effect on epilepsy was disappointing but it was found that in certain patients spasticity decreased. generic baclofen was and is still given orally with variable effects. In severely affected children, the oral dose is so high that side effects appear and generic baclofen loses its benefit. How and when baclofen came to be used in the spinal sac is not really clear but this is now an established method for the treatment of spasticity in many conditions.

baclofen is a white mostly odorless crystalline powder, with a molecular weight of 213.66 g/mol. It is insoluble in chloroform.

this drug is rapidly absorbed after oral administration and is widely distributed throughout the body.

generic baclofen can be administered either orally or intrathecally. Intrathecal administration is often preferred in spasticity patients, as very little of the oral dose actually reaches the spinal fluid. Intrathecal administration is particularly used in patients with multiple sclerosis who have severe painful spasms which are not controllable by oral this drug, or patients with spastic diplegia in whom management of spasticity is made easier by regular self-administering of this drug through its pump.

Baclofen

Monday, January 11th, 2010

How to use Baclofen

This medication (brand name Kemstro) is a derivative of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) primarily used for treating spasticity.

It is an agonist specific to mammalian but not fruit fly (Drosophila) GABAB receptors. Its beneficial effects result from actions at spinal and supraspinal sites. This medication can also be used for treating hiccups. It has been shown to prevent rises in body temperature induced by the drug MDMA in rats. A very beneficial property of This medication is that tolerance does not seem to occur to any significant degree — This tablet retains its therapeutic anti-spasmodic effects even after many years of continued use.

This medication can be used for treating spastic movement, especially in instances of spinal cord injury.

Baclofen has also been shown to be as effective as diazepam in uncomplicated alcohol withdrawal syndrome.

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