Ch 25 Muscle relaxants

Muscle spasticity is the result of

damage to neurons within the CNS.

A client has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and experiences spasticity in several muscle groups. The client is prescribed a medication that will act peripherally on the muscles themselves. For what drug should the nurse provide educational information to the client?

dantrolene

Dantrolene (Dantrium) differs from the other skeletal muscle relaxants because

it acts directly within the skeletal muscle fiber and not within the CNS.

Signs and symptoms of tetanus, which includes severe muscle spasm, are best treated with

methocarbamol.

The extrapyramidal tract is located primarily within the central nervous system.

False

A nurse is instructing a patient who was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis about dantrolene (Dantrium). The patient is a 38-year-old-male and the foreman for a construction company. In order to minimize one important adverse effect of the drug, the nurse will give the patient which instruction?

Wear appropriate clothing and sunscreen whenever he is in direct sunlight.

Dantrolene is associated with potentially fatal cellular damage. If your patient's condition is being managed with dantrolene, the patient should

be monitored for signs of liver damage and have liver function tests done regularly.

Baclofen should be tapered slowly to prevent:

hallucinations