Canadian Drugstore Pharmacy Discourages the Abuse of Muscle Relaxant

Nov 28
08:08

2011

Remcel Mae P. Canete

Remcel Mae P. Canete

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A number of ER incidents pertain to the misuse &/or abuse of muscle relaxant Canada drugs.

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A number of ER incidents pertain to the misuse and/or abuse of muscle relaxant Canada drugs .  "We're not talking about an epidemic, but we are talking about a larger number of people ending up in the ER with misuse of this medication," said Peter Delany,Canadian Drugstore Pharmacy Discourages the Abuse of Muscle Relaxant  Articles director of SAMHSA's Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality.

"Either they're prescribed it, or they get it from other people," Delany noted. "But, either way they think it's a safe drug, in the sense that it's not heroin or something like that. But it is a drug. And if it's misused, it can be a problem."

"But in many ways this is really a provider concern," Delaney added. "So I would say that providers, whether they're prescribing it or seeing patients in the ER, need to be aware of what's going on. And they need to be asking questions, so they're really making sure that a person isn't mixing substances in a way that's going to be causing problems."  Hence, to buy Effexor should not be the immediate response when troubled with depression and tension.

"First of all, doctors are by and large aware that this is a problematic medication," he said. "Short-term use for the relief of an acute muscle injury is a very reasonable thing to do. In fact, it probably speeds up the healing process. But it's relatively addictive. Not as much as cigarettes. But addictive in the way that you might say Michael Jackson was addicted to sleep medicine," explained Brodsky, who is also medical director of the Bridges to Recovery program in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

"Which means that, typically, people start taking it innocently. They have an injury, so they get a 10- or 14-day prescription. And they like the effect. They feel calm. They sleep well. They may even get a subjective sense of emotional well-being," Brodsky added. "And so they continue it inappropriately, and often combine it with other medications, particularly other sedatives. In that way it's very similar to the problem with traditional prescription painkillers like codeine, Vicodin, Percocet, or morphine," he noted.

"So this report is not a good sign, because it suggests that the upswing in the abuse of this drug is part of a tidal wave of change, a shift away from concern over illicit drugs to a major concern over Canada prescription drug uses, misuses and abuses. It's definitely not good news," Brodsky said.