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Treatments for Muscle pain

Treatments for Muscle pain

The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Muscle pain includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.

  • Selenium - possibly used for related severe selenium deficiency
  • Vitamin C - possibly used for related vitamin C deficiency

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Drugs and Medications used to treat Muscle pain:

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Some of the different medications used in the treatment of Muscle pain include:

  • Chloroxazone
  • Parafon Forte DSC
  • Parafon Forte
  • Strifon Forte
  • Rubesal
  • Diethylamine Salicylate

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Myalgia: Treatment
(In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)

  • Remove offending drugs or identified toxins
  • Correct electrolyte imbalance, especially sodium, potassium, calcium, or magnesium abnormalities
  • Overuse injury is generally treated by rest, followed by gradual conditioning exercises
  • Severe muscle trauma may require surgical treatment
  • Fluids and other measures to protect renal function are necessary in rhabdomyolysis with myoglobinuria
  • Appropriate treatment of an underlying endocrine disorder may improve muscle pain
  • Treat infectious causes with appropriate antimicrobials
  • Rheumatologic causes may respond to steroids or immunosuppressive therapy
  • Inflammatory myopathies may be treated with steroids or other immunosuppressive therapies
  • Claudication may be treated with exercise programs, medications such as pentoxifylline or cilostazol, or with endovascular or surgical procedures

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Source: In a Page: Signs and Symptoms, 2004

Muscle Weakness – Distal: Treatment
(In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)

  • Acute demyelinating disorders (GBS, CIDP)
    –Often respond to intravenous gamma-globulin
    • Medication/chemotherapy-induced neuropathies
      –Often improved after cessation of the offending medication
      –Response is time-dependent; may take up to months
    • Toxic exposures
      –Often difficult to detect, unless resulting from acute overdose
  • Metabolic neuropathies are treated supportively
  • Braces often assist with foot drop for both acquired and congenital neuropathies

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Source: In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms, 2007

Muscle Weakness – Proximal: Treatment
(In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)

  • Combination of physical therapy, bracing, and orthopedic surgical interventions can help patients maintain functional motor skills
    • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
      –Oral prednisone to increase and sustain muscle strength
    • Endocrine myopathies
      –Treating the underlying endocrine disease corrects the myopathy and weakness
    • Dermatomyositis
      –Oral prednisone
      –If resistant to oral steroids, immunosuppression with high-dose intravenous steroids, methotrexate, cyclophosphamide or intravenous immunoglobulins
  • Transverse myelitis
    –Treat with high-dose intravenous steroids
  • Myasthenia gravis
    –Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (pyridostigmine), immunosuppression, and thymectomy

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Source: In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms, 2007

Muscle weakness: Patient counseling
(Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)

Teach the patient how to safely use assistive devices. Make sure he understands the importance of frequent position changes to reduce the risk of pressure ulcer formation. Encourage him to plan frequent rest periods throughout the day.

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Source: Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses, 2007

Muscle weakness: Nursing considerations
(Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)

▪ Provide assistive devices as necessary.

▪ Protect the patient from injury.

▪ If sensory loss occurs, guard against pressure ulcer formation and thermal injury.

▪ With chronic weakness, provide ROM exercises or splint limbs as necessary.

▪ Allow for adequate rest periods.

▪ Administer pain medications as needed.

▪ Prepare the patient for blood tests, muscle biopsy, electromyography, nerve conduction studies, and X-rays or computed tomography scans.

Patient teaching

▪ Teach the patient how to use assistive devices as necessary.

▪ Explain the importance of frequent position changes and rest periods.

▪ Explain the cause of muscle weakness and the treatment plan.

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Source: Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms, 2007



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