Patient was educated on the precautions to be observed while taking Methocarbamol as follows:
- Methocarbamol can take some time, about a week or two, to fairly adjust to your body, before any optimal relief with muscle spasms and easing of side-effects is experienced. So, do not discontinue taking the medication without your physician’s consult, as you failed to see the desired result immediately after taking the medication.
- Methocarbamol 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. Methocarbamol only relieves the spasms but does not fix the actual condition causing the muscle spasms and so, is not a permanent cure. Continue taking methocarbamol as ordered, even if you experience relief from muscle pain and spasms, until your physician orders for the discontinuation on the medication. Abrupt discontinuation on methocarbamol intake can result in more severe side-effects and worsening muscle spasms again. Discontinuation on methocarbamol use can be slow and gradual, using tapering doses, and must only be on your physician recommendation.
- Your physician could change the dose of methocarbamol, based on the response you show, relief obtained, and side-effects presented with. So, maintain compliance with follow-up physician appointments and be accommodative to the plan of dose changes, until you show an optimum response.
- Notify your doctor of any unresolving muscle spasms, progressively worsening muscle pain and discomfort, compromised range of motion in the involved muscle groups, and any continuing or worsening unpleasant side-effects, so that, your dosage on the medication could be revised.
