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Benzodiazepines Muscle Relaxant. There are two types of antispasmodics. Benzodiazepines are temporary solutions and you should tread carefully. However they can also be given intravenously intramuscularly or rectally. Muscle relaxants include drugs that reduce muscle spasm for example benzodiazepines such as diazepam valium alprazolam xanax lorazepam ativan and non benzodiazepines such as metaxalone skelaxin or a combination of paracetamol and orphenadrine muscol and drugs that prevent increased muscle tone baclofen and dantrolene.
Muscle relaxants include drugs that reduce muscle spasm for example benzodiazepines such as diazepam valium alprazolam xanax lorazepam ativan and non benzodiazepines such as metaxalone skelaxin or a combination of paracetamol and orphenadrine muscol and drugs that prevent increased muscle tone baclofen and dantrolene. Diazepam and lorazepam but benzos not the best solution. However they can also be given intravenously intramuscularly or rectally. While benzodiazepines and muscle relaxants are generally well tolerated there are serious side effects and toxicity that practitioners must be aware of as well as abuse potential. The metabolism of benzodiazepines occurs in the liver and some have active metabolites e g diazepam. Benzodiazepines possess psycholeptic sedative hypnotic anxiolytic anticonvulsant muscle relaxant and amnesic actions which are useful in a variety of indications such as alcohol dependence seizures anxiety disorders panic agitation and insomnia most are administered orally.
If i were to pick a benzodiazepine for its muscle relaxant properties lorazepam and diazepam would be the first choices.
However they are similar in their properties and way they act they differ only in onset and duration of their effects. These muscle relaxers alter the conduction in the central nervous system to decrease muscle spasms. There are two types of antispasmodics. However they are similar in their properties and way they act they differ only in onset and duration of their effects. Thus caution must be exercised to prevent toxicity including excessive sedation and cognitive impairment. However they can also be given intravenously intramuscularly or rectally.