Re: INDICES> Re: Benzodiazepines and smooth muscle

["Randy Trinkle" <rtrinkle@rosencrantz.citytel.net>]

 Do benzodiazepines relax skeletal muscle?
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(Wow--a *very* tardy reply, but)

Our province's pediatric hospital uses diazepam as a
centrally-acting agent in kids with cerebral palsy
who have muscle spasms.  Doesn't work directly on
muscle but damps down output from a damaged motor
cortex.  Can't think of any other patient population
that it would work on--maybe postop/posttrauma
patients.

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Randy Trinkle, BScPharm, BA
Pharmacy Department
Prince Rupert Regional Hospital
mailto:rtrinkle@mail.citytel.net
Health Science links:
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