Yes, I'd say the cyclobenzaprine deals with muscle pain. At least, on me it does. I have muscle spasms. Also, lot of muscle pain comes from muscles being too tight, for whatever reason. Some people talk about muscle cramping. To me, that's the same thing as spasms. Maybe not, but I certainly have both. One problem I have is severe lordosis now in my lower lumbar spine. And of course, my whole left leg. A supposed scientific study was done about the use of cyclobenzaprine (I've read it, but can't find it again) just sounded like garbage to me. To be fairer, I think it was a study on the use of it for people with new injuries, not for those of us with what appears to be permanent literal spasms, constantly. Another term for that is spasticity. That study said there's no real reason to use it past the first 10 or 14 days, something like that. So, we sometimes get Pharmacists who forget there's whole huge segments of the population (like those born with cerebral palsy) that sometimes have to live with spastic (as in spasms) body parts. I wish I could find out what is being used for them. Those medicines might be useful for me, but it takes a whole visit just to ask my PCP to refer me to someone else, about that subject. Right now, I've got a relatively new one, and other major issues that I need to see specialists about (prominent epidural lipomatosis, avascular necrosis in both hips, etc). When there are also other important physical problems, it's really not appropriate to take away a medication that's dealing well with a problem. Who knows? Maybe when my spine is dealt with properly, the spasms might go away. Something caused it in the first place. It's not like I've ever asked for the cyclobenzaprine to be increased. If I get a doctor that gets in my face about the cyclobenzaprine, I dump them and go find a new one. Life's too short to be treated like a drug that's not even labelled a "controlled" substance is addictive. If it was, they'd have classified it so. If that convenient non-basis of putting down their own patients was true, some of them would go to the trouble of getting it classified as a Controlled Substance. Otherwise, I just consider it to be harmful gossip. I've not found it hard to stop taking Cyclobenzaprine. What is hard to deal with is my whole left leg and hip in contracture 24/7, which is why I started taking it in the first place.