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Spasticity
...exercises. Physical therapy exercises can be taught to parents who may then help their child perform them at home. Medicines for spasticity include baclofen, tizanidine, cyclobenzaprine, and benzodiazepines. In rare cases, a pump may be inserted into the spinal fluid to directly deliver medicine to...
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Torticollis
...Stretching exercises and neck braces may help with muscle spasms. Medications used to treat this condition include an anticholinergic drug called baclofen. Injection of botulinum toxin can temporarily relieve the torticollis, but repeat injections every 3 months are usually need. Surgery is rarely...
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Lioresal Intrathecal (baclofen injection)
...in the management of severe spasticity of cerebral and spinal origin. The warnings inform healthcare professionals about rare cases of intrathecal baclofen withdrawal that can lead to life threatening sequelae and/or death in patients who abruptly discontinue therapy.[April 2002 Letter - Medtronic]...
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Baclofen Aids Abstinence in Alcoholics With Cirrhosis
FRIDAY, Dec. 7 -- The drug baclofen promotes alcohol abstinence in alcoholics with cirrhosis of the liver, says an Italian study in this week's issue of The Lancet. The study included...
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Kava
...20% to 30%. 47 Another study found weak displacement of diazepam from rat brain membranes by kavalactones but no effect on binding of GABA or of baclofen. 48 The observation that strychnine-induced convulsions are effectively antagonized by several kavalactones supports a possible effect on the...
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See also: Alcohol Withdrawal, Cerebral Spasticity, Cervical Dystonia, Chronic Spasticity, Dystonia, Hiccups, Huntington's Disease, Migraine Prevention, Muscle Spasm, Muscle Twitching, Neuralgia, Periodic Limb Movement Disorder, Trigeminal Neuralgia

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