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What is the best medication to treat a spinal cord injury and spasticity?
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4 major ones: Treating spinal cord injury is more about minimizing the amount of damage at the time of injury: Methylprednisolone may have some benefit, but studies are inconclusive. As for spasticity, four drugs are standard of care: baclofen, diazepam, tizanidine, & dantrolene. Each has benefits and drawbacks; they all come in generic. Some may require more than one drug, or the use of a drug pump device.
Answered 6/28/2014
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Baclofen: Commonly prescribed for this.
Answered 10/2/2014
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