relaxant

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Her doctor told her the problem was probably tied to some of her prescriptions, so she pulled back on taking the painkiller gabapentin and the muscle relaxant methocarbamol.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 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

After two Samoan children died in 2018 from vaccines that nurses accidentally infused with muscle relaxant, the Samoan government suspended its vaccination program.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025

An anesthesiologist arrives — ECT is performed while patients are unconscious — and Gandhi receives anesthesia and a muscle relaxant that calm her body and puts her to sleep.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2022

If this dose does not provoke emesis, it should not be repeated, for it may act as a relaxant, and carry the morbid accumulations off by the alimentary canal.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George