Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking metaxalone as follows:
- Metaxalone use can induce some dizziness and make one drowsy, especially when the medication is taken with a high-fat meal. Avoid taking the metaxalone with high fat meal. If the dizziness becomes bothersome, report it to your physician and other health care personnel, for any change in plan of care to be considered. Starting metaxalone on a low dose and gradually increasing it to the desired dose can help accommodate to the dizzy symptoms.
- Metaxalone can interact with a lot of other medications, thus influencing their function. If you are being newly started on metaxalone, discuss with your physician regarding all your current medications and their safety with metaxalone. Also, notify your physician regarding any current metaxalone intake, if you are being started on any new medications and discuss their safety with metaxalone.
- Metaxalone only helps with relieving muscle spasms, by temporarily depressing the brain and spinal cord and consequently inhibiting the nerve impulses sent to the skeletal muscle. Metaxalone only relieves the spasms, but does not fix the actual condition causing the muscle spasms and so, is not a permanent cure.
- Continue taking metaxalone as ordered, even if you experience relief from muscle pain and spasms. Abrupt discontinuation on metaxalone intake can result in worsening muscle spasms again. Discontinuing the medication should only be on your physician’s recommendation.
