Muscle relaxants

<p>From: Reviving the Broken Marionette: Treatments for CFS/ME and Fibromyalgia

Muscle relaxants are often helpful in relieving muscle pain and cramps, which are familiar to almost everyone with CFS/ME and fibromyalgia, but they can also help even if there is no muscle tension. They can improve sleep quality and help in the prevention of migraines and other headaches.

There are many different modes of action for muscle relaxants, so even if one does not help a different agent could prove useful. Muscle relaxants have not been studied much in patients with CFS/ME, but many studies have been done on people with fibromyalgia. The availability of the different muscle relaxants varies widely between countries.</p>

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See also: clonazepam, diazepam, sodium oxybate, flupirtine, thiocolchicoside, gabapentin, pregabalin, cannabinoids, parenteral magnesium tizanidine (Zanaflex, Sirdalud), guaifenesin</p>