Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking orphenadrine as follows:
- It is not clear if orphenadrine could cross the placenta in pregnant women. It is also unclear if orphenadrine could pass through the breast milk into a nursing baby, thereby harming the baby. Women in the child-bearing age group taking orphenadrine must seek her physician consult, if she plans on getting pregnant. Mothers breastfeeding their infants and taking orphenadrine regularly must double check with their physician regarding safety of the infant with orphenadrine.
- Orphenadrine could take some time 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.
- Orphenadrine only helps with relieving muscle spasms, probably by depressing the brain and inhibiting the conduction of nerve impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the skeletal muscles. Orphenadrine only temporarily relieves the spasms but does not fix the actual condition causing the muscle spasms and so, is not a permanent cure. Continue taking orphenadrine as ordered, even if you experience relief from muscle pain and spasms, until your physician orders for the discontinuation on the medication.
