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Are muscle relaxers bad for your heart?
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Not typically: Muscle relaxers typically work to reduce spasm in skeletal muscles. The heart muscle is considered a smooth muscle and is not affected by muscle relaxers like the skeletal muscles are.
Answered 12/18/2019
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