Red Rose - Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) is a skeletal muscle relaxant; which means that it relaxes any muscles that attach to the skeleton. This includes the muscles involved in co-ordinating movement (walking, standing,reaching for something, etc). Also affected, and seldom considered, are the muscles involved in moving the eyes. Generally thes muscles become relaxed; or in other words, these muscle will lack much of their natural tone. Thus, when taking cyclobenzaprine one must be aware that their reflexes will be slowed.

Four tablets (40mg total dose) a day is rather a high dose. Over the years I have found that in a vast majority of people taking cyclobenzaprine for muscle spasm will only need to take a couple of tablets daily to achieve relief from muscle spasms. Taking more just seems to turn most people into a "bag of jelly". When this happens, one can forget about doing anything constructive for the rest of the day (this includes most thinking and useful decision making).

My 2 cents - Cam