Patient/caregiver was instructed upon therapeutic uses of Chlorzoxazone as follows:
Tension headaches
- Tension headache is a diffuse pain in the head, often precipitated by poorly controlled stress in life.
- This can present as mild to moderate headache with a feeling of tight band around the head, involuntary muscle contractions in the face, neck, & scalp, and heightened sensitivity to pain.
- Chlorzoxazone use, along with use of other medications such as, pain killers, can help with controlling the spasms and relief from pain & discomfort.
- Chlorzoxazone use, probably by depressing the brain and spinal cord, leads to sedation and dizziness, contributing to overall pain relief.
Degenerative disc disease
- Osteoarthritis involving the vertebrae can exert pressure on the spinal cord, inflame, irritate, and damage the nerves running along the spinal cord. This can result in abnormally increased muscle tone, pain, spasticity, and rigidity.
- Chlorzoxazone intake could inhibit conduction of impulses along these inflamed nerves to the muscles, help relieve the tightness, relax the muscle, and contribute to relief of pain and stiffness.
Other muscle pains and headaches
- Chlorzoxazone along with use of other medications such as, pain killers, can be used for relief of muscle spasms, muscle pain, and headaches secondary to various other injury and inflammatory conditions, such as, sciatica, cluster headaches, and migraine.
