| Title |
Muscle relaxants for pain management in rheumatoid arthritis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd008922.pub2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Bethan L Richards, Samuel L Whittle, Rachelle Buchbinder |
| Abstract |
Pain management is a high priority for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Muscle relaxants include drugs that reduce muscle spasm (for example benzodiazepines such as diazepam (Valium), alprazolam (Xanax), lorazepam (Ativan) and non-benzodiazepines such as metaxalone (Skelaxin) or a combination of paracetamol and orphenadrine (Muscol)) and drugs that prevent increased muscle tone (baclofen and dantrolene). Despite a paucity of evidence supporting their use, antispasmodic and antispasticity muscle relaxants have gained widespread clinical acceptance as adjuvants in the management of patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 24% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 12% |
| Spain | 2 | 6% |
| Australia | 2 | 6% |
| Colombia | 2 | 6% |
| France | 2 | 6% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Ireland | 1 | 3% |
| Italy | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 9 | 27% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 30 | 91% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
| Scientists | 1 | 3% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Peru | 1 | <1% |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 311 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 43 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 34 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 34 | 11% |
| Researcher | 29 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 24 | 8% |
| Other | 65 | 21% |
| Unknown | 88 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 97 | 31% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 28 | 9% |
| Psychology | 22 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 17 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 2% |
| Other | 41 | 13% |
| Unknown | 105 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
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