What is Skelaxin?
Skelaxin® is a brand name for the drug metaxalone, a muscle relaxant used in the treatment of pain from sprains, strains, and other musculoskeletal conditions.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Stiffness/Spasticity | 35 |
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11 | |
| Pain | 11 |
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2 | ||||
| Lower back pain | 8 |
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2 | |||
| Other | 6 |
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1 | ||||
| Headaches | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Back pain | 3 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Skelaxin. See all 12 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Did not seem to work
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9 | 38% |
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Expense
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6 | 25% |
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Other
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6 | 25% |
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Course of treatment ended
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4 | 17% |
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Side effects too severe
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2 | 8% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- bkplus3
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: mild
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- bkplus3
- 800mg as needed
- since Nov 17, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Stiffness/Spasticity
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Side Effects
None
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Report created on November 24, 2009.