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Article: Data Suggests Muscle Relaxant FLEXERIL 5 mg Taken Alone as Effective as When Taken in Combination With Ibuprofen; Large Scale Community-Based Study Shows NSAID Offers No Additional Benefit to Muscle Relaxant in Treatment of Acute Pain and Muscle Spasm of the Back or Neck.
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- October 18, 2004
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- More is not necessarily better when it comes to treating acute muscle pain and spasm of the back or neck suggest results from the first community-based trial to evaluate the benefits of adding a non-steroidal anti inflammatory (NSAID) to treatment with a commonly prescribed muscle relaxant. According to the study, the muscle relaxant FLEXERIL(R) 5 mg (cyclobenzaprine HCl), taken three times a day, is as effective alone as when taken in combination with ibuprofen at over-the- counter (OTC) or prescription doses.
More than 770 adult back and neck pain and muscle spasm sufferers at multiple community-based sites throughout the ...