6.Finally, patients begin a several week period of supportive care, which can include muscle relaxants to stop spasms and ventilators to prevent suffocation.
10.So an " intravenous muscle relaxant" is basically an injection – that is, something that is put into your body with something called a " needle" (needle).
11.Sometimes muscle relaxants are given or botulinum toxin is injected into certain muscles to reduce hypertonicity and relax the muscles, which can both help reduce pain associated with hypertonus and also help fit patients with specific orthotic braces.