What is Tizanidine HCl?
Tizanidine hydrochloride is a skeletal muscle relaxant used for treatment of muscle spasticity. Off label it is used for tension headaches, low back pain, and trigeminal neuralgia.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Other | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Spasms | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| Muscle tension | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Dystonia | 1 | 0 | |||||
| neck pain/ stiffness | 1 | 0 | |||||
| tonic spasm | 1 |
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1 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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1 | 100% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- Nyrsaeans
- Sex: F
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 3
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Overwhelming
- 32 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Moderate
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- Nyrsaeans
- 4 mg daily
- since Oct 24, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Insomnia
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips good for sleeping. works better for me than ambien. See full evaluation
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Report created on November 22, 2009.