Patient/caregiver was educated on how to take Baclofen as follows: Take the medication at the same time, every day, to avoid forgetting the medication. Taking the medication at regularly spaced intervals helps to maintain appropriate blood levels of baclofen needed to derive the desired beneficial effects and also prevent toxicity with the medication. Maintain strict compliance with intake of the medication as ordered, with regards to dosage and frequency, to derive the benefit of the [...]

Patient/caregiver was instructed upon therapeutic uses of Baclofen as follows: Gama-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a neurotransmitter synthesized in the human body. Upon release, GABA inhibits the conduction of impulses to the skeletal muscles and thus promotes skeletal muscle relaxation. Baclofen is an analog of GABA and works on the same lines, inhibiting the conduction of nerve impulses between the nerves and to the muscles. Conduction of nerve impulse to the muscle results in muscle contraction. [...]

Patient/caregiver was instructed upon therapeutic uses of Baclofen as follows: Gama-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a neurotransmitter synthesized in the human body. Upon release, GABA inhibits the conduction of impulses to the skeletal muscles and thus promotes skeletal muscle relaxation. Baclofen is an analog of GABA and works on the same lines, inhibiting the conduction of nerve impulses between the nerves and to the muscles. Conduction of nerve impulse to the muscle results in muscle contraction. [...]

Patient/caregiver was instructed upon mechanism of action of Baclofen as follows: Nerve impulses travel from the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system) along the nerves to the muscles. Upon conduction to the muscles, these impulses cause the muscle to contract. Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that are synthesized in the nervous system and help the nerve cells to communicate with each other in conducting or inhibiting the nerve impulse. These chemicals can have multiple roles [...]