Drug Uses
The medication has emerged as a popular drug used for treating and getting relief from muscle stiffness, injury, pain and sprains. The chief component of this drug is Cyclobenzaprine.

How to Take Drug
Commercially, this medicine is available in the form of tablets of 10mg concentration. Doctors generally recommend a dosage of 3 tablets for adults in a day. It is also very important that no one should exceed the dosage and cross the permissible level of 60 mg intake in a single day. If the patient is suffering from stomach upset, the medicine should be taken with the food. Consult your physician before you start using the medication.

Drug Precautions
The medicine might not suit every individual. Inform your doctor about your previous medical history and about the current course of treatment. In this way, they can manipulate the quantity of your drug intake and in turn can reduce the side effects. Doctors should thoroughly check the patient with any symptoms of heart disease, allergies, glaucoma and over-reactive thyroid glands. Pregnant ladies and breast-feeding mothers should take specific advice from their doctors before starting the intake of this drug.

Drug Interactions
Numerous drugs interact with Cyclobenzaprine producing harmful effects. Henceforth make your physicians be aware of other treatment that you are currently undergoing. Those medications include anaesthetics, MAOIs and alcohol. Drug interactions, in their cases with Cyclobenzaprine, increases risk of confusion, breathing difficulties, drowsiness or memory loss.

Side Effects
Although there is no serious side effect of this drug, but some of the patients can suffer from stomach upsets, headache, dizziness, acidity, dryness of mouth, drowsiness for first few days of its intake. If these symptoms persist for longer period and does not recedes with time becoming severe, you should contact your doctor immediately. Always try to avoid the job that requires alertness during the period when you are taking the drugs, as sometimes you may feel drowsiness. The reaction time during this period decreases to a great extent. Apart from these symptoms if you suffer from any other, you should contact your doctor immediately.

Missed Dose
If at any time of the meditation period you feel that you have missed any dosage of the medicine, you should again start the intake of the drugs as soon as you remember. Never try to compensate on the missed doses by taking the excess dose or take the double dose. Continue the normal dosage as and follow the schedule from the next time.

Overdose
On the intake of excess dose of Cyclobenzaprine, the patients can suffer from problems that may include hallucination, irregular heart rate, vomiting, muscle stiffness and tiredness. If you suffer from any of these problems, you should consult the physician.

Storage
The ideal condition of storage of this drug is a dry place with temperatures of 25 degrees centigrade. The medicine should always be kept away from the reach of small children.