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Muscle spasms in neck and shoulders Report

A spasm is a sudden, violent, involuntary contraction of a muscle or a group of muscles (including involuntary muscles such as in an artery, the colon, or the esophagus), attended by pain and interference with function, producing involuntary movement and distortion.


What we've learned from patients who report Muscle spasms in neck and shoulders

Symptom Severities

Muscle spasms in neck and shoulders severity pie chart

What Patients Take For the Purpose of Treating Muscle spasms in neck and shoulders

What Patients Take For the Purpose of Treating Muscle spasms in neck and shoulders
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Tizanidine HCl
41   Tizanidine HCl: 48%
Hot showers
15   Hot showers: 17%
Stretching
13   Stretching: 15%
Physical activity and exercise as tolerated
11   Physical activity and exercise as tolerated: 13%
Carisoprodol
8   Carisoprodol: 9%
Potassium chloride
2   Potassium chloride: 2%
Botulinum Toxin Type A
1   Botulinum Toxin Type A: 1%
Cyclobenzaprine
1   Cyclobenzaprine: 1%
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
1   Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation: 1%
Topiramate
1   Topiramate: 1%

Report created on September 05, 2010.