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Spasmolytic Drugs
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Graduate
02/06/2009

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Term
Agents acting in the CNS or in the skeletal muscle, used to reduce abnormally elevated tone caused by neurologic or muscle end plate disease
Definition
Spasmolytic drugs
Term
Facilitates GABA presynaptic inhibition
Definition
Diazepam
Term
GABA agonist in the spinal cord
Definition

Baclofen

(hyperpolarizes by increasing K, interefering with release of excitatory neurotransmitter)

Term
Similar to clonidine and may cause hypotension
Definition
Tizanidine
Term
DOC for malignant hyperthermia by acting on the sarcoplasmic reticulum or skeletal muscle
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Dantrolene
Term
Agent used for acute muscle spasm
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Cyclobenzaprine
Term
Used for MS
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Gabapentin
Term
Used for wrinkles and cerebral palsy
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Botulinum toxin
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