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Muscle spasms Symptom Report
Muscle spasms and cramps are spontaneous, often painful muscle contractions. The rapid, uncontrolled contraction, or spasm, happens unexpectedly, with either no stimulation or some trivially small one. The muscle contraction and pain last for several minutes, and then slowly ease.
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What we've learned
Symptom Severities
Treatments Patients Take For Muscle spasms
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclobenzaprine | 153 | 4% |  |
| Methocarbamol | 44 | 1% | |
| Tizanidine HCl | 43 | 1% | |
| Baclofen | 36 | 1% | |
| Carisoprodol | 27 | 1% | |
| Heating Pad-Hot Packs | 26 | 1% | |
| Skelaxin | 20 | 1% | |
| Diazepam | 8 | 0% | |
| Orphenadrine | 3 | 0% | |
| Walking and Stretching | 3 | 0% | |
| Clonazepam | 2 | 0% | |
| Electrical Stimulation | 2 | 0% | |
| Naproxen | 2 | 0% | |
| Viveo | 2 | 0% | |
| Yoga | 2 | 0% | |
| Amrix | 1 | 0% | |
| Botulinum Toxin Type A | 1 | 0% | |
| Carbidopa-Levodopa | 1 | 0% | |
| Chiropractic | 1 | 0% | |
| Deep Tissue Massage | 1 | 0% | |
| Duloxetine | 1 | 0% | |
| Foot massage | 1 | 0% | |
| Hand Orthosis (dorsal) | 1 | 0% | |
| High protein, low fat, low sugar | 1 | 0% | |
| Hydrotherapy (water therapy) | 1 | 0% | |
| Ibuprofen | 1 | 0% | |
| Icy Hot | 1 | 0% | |
| Leflunomide | 1 | 0% | |
| Levetiracetam | 1 | 0% | |
| Lorazepam | 1 | 0% | |
| Magnesium | 1 | 0% | |
| Massage and chiropractor | 1 | 0% | |
| Phenytoin | 1 | 0% | |
| Robaxacet | 1 | 0% | |
| Soma Compound | 1 | 0% | |
| Tonic Water with Quinine | 1 | 0% | |
| Wrist Brace | 1 | 0% | |
Report created on November 07, 2009.