relaxant
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Dysport is a muscle relaxant that Ipsen markets for therapeutic indications such as a neck ailment called cervical dystonia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
All received the same five-drug regimen: a drug that prevents nausea and vomiting, a sedative, fentanyl, propofol and a muscle relaxant.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
Vaccine rates had plummeted after two children died in 2018 from a measles vaccine that a nurse had incorrectly mixed with a muscle relaxant.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
Xylazine is primarily used in veterinary practice as an animal muscle relaxant; it has not been approved for human use.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
Mortales lectos quærunt, et membra relaxant Fessa labore dies; cuncta per orbe silet.
From The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson) by Stuart Dodgson Collingwood
