muscle relaxants, central

Preferred Label : muscle relaxants, central;

MeSH definition : A heterogeneous group of drugs used to produce muscle relaxation, excepting the neuromuscular blocking agents. They have their primary clinical and therapeutic uses in the treatment of muscle spasm and immobility associated with strains, sprains, and injuries of the back and, to a lesser degree, injuries to the neck. They have been used also for the treatment of a variety of clinical conditions that have in common only the presence of skeletal muscle hyperactivity, for example, the muscle spasms that can occur in MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1991, p358);

MeSH synonym : relaxants, central muscle; centrally acting muscle relaxants; central muscle relaxants;

MeSH annotation : refers to skeletal muscle relaxants only: smooth muscle relaxants PARASYMPATHOLYTICS;

Is substance : O;

action pharmacologique : O;

Details

Origin ID

D009125;

UMLS CUI

C0026833;

ATC code(s)
- oxazol, thiazine, and triazine derivatives [ATC Code]
ATC code(s)
- baclofen [ATC Code]
- carbamic acid esters [ATC Code]
- cyclobenzaprine [ATC Code]
- dantrolene [ATC Code]
- dantrolene and derivatives [ATC Code]
- ethers, chemically close to antihistamines [ATC Code]
- mephenesin [ATC Code]
- muscle relaxants, centrally acting agents [ATC Code]
- muscle relaxants, directly acting agents [ATC Code]
- orphenadrine, combinations [ATC Code]
- oxazol, thiazine, and triazine derivatives [ATC Code]
- tetrazepam [ATC Code]
- tizanidine [ATC Code]
- tolperisone [ATC Code]
Allowable qualifiers
- administration and dosage [MeSH Qualifier]
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- agonists [MeSH Qualifier]
- analysis [MeSH Qualifier]
- antagonists and inhibitors [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemical synthesis [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- isolation and purification [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- pharmacokinetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- pharmacology [MeSH Qualifier]
- poisoning [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- supply and distribution [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapeutic use [MeSH Qualifier]
- toxicity [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
CISMeF manual mappings
- Centrally acting muscle relaxant (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- muscle relaxants, centrally acting agents [ATC Code]
Record concept(s)
- muscle relaxants, central [MeSH concept]
See also
- parasympatholytics [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- muscles [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Pharmacologic Substance [UMLS semantic type]
Substance(s)
- GYKI 52466 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Y 27632 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- afloqualone [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- arbaclofen placarbil [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- baclofen [MeSH Descriptor]
- bendazole [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- carisoprodol [MeSH Descriptor]
- chlormezanone [MeSH Descriptor]
- chlorphenesin [MeSH Descriptor]
- chlorproethazine [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- chlorzoxazone [MeSH Descriptor]
- cyclobenzaprine [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- dantrolene [MeSH Descriptor]
- diazepam [MeSH Descriptor]
- eperisone [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- fludiazepam [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- medazepam [MeSH Descriptor]
- mephenesin [MeSH Descriptor]
- meprobamate [MeSH Descriptor]
- methocarbamol [MeSH Descriptor]
- orphenadrine [MeSH Descriptor]
- quinine [MeSH Descriptor]
- rilmakalim [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- tetrazepam [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- tizanidine [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- tolperisone [MeSH Descriptor]
- xylazine [MeSH Descriptor]
- zoxazolamine [MeSH Descriptor]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Centrally acting muscle relaxant (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Centrally acting muscle relaxant (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- muscle relaxants, centrally acting agents [ATC Code]

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