Question

After teaching a group of students about medications commonly used for neuromuscular disorders, the nursing instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which agent as a centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant?

Answer 1

Baclofen is the correct answer.

Baclofen is a muscle relaxer used to treat a variety of muscle symptoms, such as: multiple sclerosis, spasms, pain and stiffness. It is also used to treat patients who have spinal cord injury and kids dealing with motor neuron lesions.