C.P. mild, had it all my life, I am 45. - Cerebral Palsy Message Board

CeCe Maree · 08-12-2006, 11:28 PM

Has anyone used muscle relaxants for c.p.?

JellyRJFan · 08-12-2006, 11:55 PM

I used Flexiril for a bad hand spasm and hated it!

Steffers2318 · 08-13-2006, 08:07 AM

I use Baclofen, which I'm pretty sure is a muscle relaxant. I think it was originally developed for MS but is also used specifically for CP. It has helped, and also decreased my startle reflex at least somewhat (now it's mostly just my legs that move when I jump, whereas before I would drop stuff that I was holding in my hands). So yeah, if you go to a neurologist or anything maybe ask about that?

Malwm01 · 08-13-2006, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JellyRJFan

I used Flexiril for a bad hand spasm and hated it!

Why'd you hate it, Katherine? I know my mom's tried Flerxiril and something else (not for CP, of course, but something else.) and it made her a very mean craby witch 24/7, but we're weird people over here when it comes to meds. lol

write · 08-13-2006, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Steffers2318

I use Baclofen, which I'm pretty sure is a muscle relaxant. I think it was originally developed for MS but is also used specifically for CP. It has helped, and also decreased my startle reflex at least somewhat (now it's mostly just my legs that move when I jump, whereas before I would drop stuff that I was holding in my hands). So yeah, if you go to a neurologist or anything maybe ask about that?

A few months ago, I went to see a neurologist about my legs to see what else good be done with me. Docs were suggesting surgery yet again, but for some reason they never act on it. Anyway I told him that I was taking Baclofen and he told me it's not for CPers. He said it wouldn't work for me. It's crazy because I was taking the medicine faithfully as prescribed by my primary doc but it wasn't doing any good. Because of this, I had to assume he was right.

So does this medicine particularly work for certain people with CP?