Relaxes certain muscles and relieves muscle spasms or tightness caused by multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and other medical problems
Brand Names:
Zanaflex
Contraindications:
You should not use this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to tizanidine
Uses:
Tablet
Your doctor will tell you how much medicine to take and how often.
You may be taking this medicine to get better results from treatment such as physical therapy. Be sure to take the medicine at the times your doctor tells you to. You should not use the medicine more often or in larger doses than your doctor ordered.
If a dose is missed:
Take the missed dose as soon as possible, unless it is almost time for your next dose.
Skip the missed dose if it is almost time for your next regular dose.
You should not use two doses at the same time.
Storage:
Keep the tablets in a tightly closed container at room temperature away from heat, moisture, and direct light.
Keep all medicine out of the reach of children.
Special precautions:
Before taking, tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to any medications. tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and herbal products you are taking. tell your doctor if you have or have ever had heart failure or liver disease. tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. If you become pregnant while taking, call your doctor
Make sure your doctor knows if you are using birth control pills or medicine to lower blood pressure.
Drinking alcohol while using tizanidine may cause increased drowsiness.
Make sure your doctor knows if you are using other medicines that can make you sleepy, such as cold or allergy medicine, tranquilizers, other muscle relaxers, sleeping pills, or narcotic pain killers.
Warnings:
Check with your doctor before using tizanidine if you have liver or kidney disease.
This medicine may make you dizzy or drowsy. Be careful if you are driving or using machinery.
Dizziness may be worse if you get up too quickly from a sitting or lying position. Getting up slowly after you have been sitting or lying down may help decrease dizziness.
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, talk to your doctor before using this medicine.
The long-term effects of this medicine are not known. Report any changes in your health to your doctor.
Side Effects:
Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
Yellowing of skin or eyes
Stomach pain with nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite
