Patient/caregiver was educated on the side-effects of using Metaxalone as follows:
Central nervous system side-effects
- Metaxalone use can result in episodes of headache, confusion, dizziness, and light-headedness. This risk with metaxalone can be even high when it is taken along with any other products and medications causing central nervous depression, such as, alcohol, opioid pain medications, antidepressants, antianxiety medications, and sedatives. Watching closely for therapeutic response and gradually changing the dose, to help optimum control of your symptoms, can contribute to controlling/reducing the risk for drowsiness and dizziness due to the medication.
- Metaxalone use, especially in individuals with history of mood disorders, carries risk of deterioration of mood disorders and worsening of clinical symptoms of mood disorders. Individuals can present with complaints such as, feeling low and depressed, anxiety, panic attacks, trouble sleeping, gross appetite changes, impulsiveness, agitation, aggression, and suicidal thoughts.
- Metaxalone use, in individuals with seizure history, can occasionally result in deterioration of seizure control and episodes of seizures.
