Product Description
Baclofen belongs to a class of medications called skeletal muscle relaxants. Baclofen is an antispasmodic agent that acts on spinal cord nerves and decreases the number and severity of muscle spasms in patients with certain conditions affecting the spinal cord.Baclofen is used in adults and children at least 12 years old to treat certain types of spasticity (muscle stiffness and tightness) and muscle pain in people with multiple sclerosis or a spinal cord injury or other spinal cord diseases.
Baclofen relieves pain and improves muscle movement.
Warnings
Do not use baclofen at a time when you need muscle tone for safe balance and movement during certain activities. Baclofen may make you drowsy. Do not drive or operate heavy machinery until you know how this medicine affects you.
Do not stop using this medicine suddenly, or you could have unpleasant withdrawal symptoms.
Ask your doctor about the safe use of alcoholic beverages while you are taking baclofen. Alcohol can make the side effects from baclofen worse.
Before taking this medicine
You should not use this medicine if you are allergic to baclofen.
To make sure this medicine is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have ever had:
mental illness or psychosis;
epilepsy or other seizure disorder;
problems with balance;
cerebral palsy;
Parkinson's disease;
schizophrenia or a confused state;
high blood pressure, or fast heart rate;
a rheumatic disease;
a stroke or blood clot; or
kidney disease.
Using baclofen may increase your risk of developing an ovarian cyst. Talk with your doctor about your own risk.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant, or breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. If you take baclofen while pregnant or breastfeeding, withdrawal symptoms such as tremors, stiff muscles, or seizure may occur in the baby.
