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The Relaxed Marathoner is a Winning Runner

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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The article tackles the need for athletes to take muscle relaxants whenever they overexert or strain themselves during training or in actual competition. The articles provides information about the extraordinary demands on athletes, specifically on marathon runners and other endurance sports athletes.

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Soma blocks pain sensations between the nerves and the brain

Saturday, November 21, 2009

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Soma is a muscle relaxer that works by blocking pain sensations between the nerves and the brain. Soma is used together with rest and physical therapy to treat injuries and other painful musculoskeletal conditions.

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Baclofen The Dependable Skeletal Muscle Relaxant for MS Patients

Saturday, November 14, 2009

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This article is about a disease that is affecting thousands of people in the United States. Multiple Sclerosis or MS is a chronic and potentially incapacitating disorder. This disorder affects the central nervous system in which pain and spasticity are the most common symptoms. However, one medication was identified by numerous researches that can decrease the spasticity of MS patients. Baclofen is a muscle relaxant commonly used to decrease spasticity related to spinal cord injuries, or other neurological diseases such as MS.

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The Medical Idiot’s Guide To Zombies

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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Zombies, at least the ones in the true, Voodoo-inspired sense, are actually quite real and pose a problem in Haiti. The process of turning someone into a zombie usually involves a formula that includes a quantity of muscle relaxant or anesthetic,though opiates are also good substitutions. The goal is to cause the victim to appear dead long enough to be buried, at which point the witch doctor simply has to dig him out.

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