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A member asked:
Antispasmodic vs antispastic. spasmodic is for musculoskeletal +antispastic is for muscle hypertonicity no idea what these mean. can u dumb it down?
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Yes: The muscles are in your intestines are called smooth muscle anti-spasmodic relaxes these kind of muscles. There's a different kind of muscles called skeletal muscle in your arms and neck and back a different type of muscle relaxer relaxes these muscles they function differently
Answered 1/25/2016
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