Zanaflex prescribing information

The wide range of effectively acting doses of medication Zanaflex (from 2mg up to 36mg Zanaflex per day), allows using this neuromuscular blocking agent for both short and long-term treatment courses of pain syndromes, muscle spasms and seizures.

Zanaflex can be used as monotherapy. However, if muscle spasms and pain syndrome are caused by inflammation of the muscle tissue, Zanaflex is prescribed in combination with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

By keeping the recommendations for use Zanaflex, one can improve the clinical efficiency of medication Zanaflex as well as significantly reduce the risk of side effects of Zanaflex.

In general medical practice (rheumatology, orthopedics, traumatology, sports medicine), Zanaflex drug is used for the treatment of pain syndromes, occurring in muscle tissue due to:

• excessive load on skeletal-muscle system (neck pain, tension headache, back pain);
• degenerative and/or inflammatory diseases of the spinal cord (spondylitis, arthritis);
• post-surgical complications (in spinal cord, upper and lower limb girdle);
• muscle tissue injury with the direct impact or open fracture;
• neurological disorders (multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury).