Skeletal Muscle Relaxants
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Skeletal muscle relaxants are drugs that act peripherally at neuromuscular junction/ muscle fibre itself or centrally in the cerebrospinal axis to reduce muscle tone and/or cause paralysis.
SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANTS
Skeletal muscle
relaxants are drugs that act peripherally at neuromuscular junction/ muscle
fibre itself or centrally in the cerebrospinal axis to reduce muscle tone and/or
cause paralysis. The neuromuscular blocking agents are used primarily in
conjunction with general anaesthetics to provide muscle relaxation for surgery,
while centrally acting muscle relaxants are used mainly for painful muscle spasms
and spastic neurological conditions.
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