Natural Alternatives to Muscle Relaxants
Partly as a result of concern about opioid risks, prescriptions of other classes of drugs for treatment of acute and chronic pain have been increasing substantially. One of these classes muscle relaxants, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open . There are many risks associated with these prescriptions and they have not been proven to be effective for most of the conditions for which they are being prescribed. Most of the increase in prescriptions is for long-term use in the elderly, despite the lack of evidence supporting effectiveness and guidelines advising against the use of these drugs in geriatric patients. Muscle relaxation can be very helpful for many kinds of pain that are caused by or made worse by muscle tension, however there are safer and more effective natural alternatives to relax muscles and achieve pain relief than pharmaceuticals. This article discusses many of the options. About Muscle Relaxants for Chronic Pain Medications in this class are...