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Neuropathy | Last Active: Feb 8 6:22pm | Replies (91)
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Can anyone describe their experience taking tizanidine for muscle spasms ? My axonal polyneuropathy is severe and the pain is now much worse than it has ever been made so much worse by muscle spasms that seem to attack my arms and legs like giant Charlie hoses that don’t relax. Had bad side effects from baclofen and flexaril so am nervous about tizanidine.
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Hi, I take 4mg as needed, for me it generally relaxes everything pretty well. I take at bedtime and do feel somewhat groggy in morning but not too bad. I have RA, I’d take more often but don’t like battling thru grogginess every day.
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Hello @kui, Welcome to Connect. Sorry to hear that your axonal polyneuropathy has become worse. There are quite a few members who have shared their experience with tizanidine if you want to scan through the different discussions and comments by members on the medication - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/.
Hopefully, you can find similar experiences from other members. What side effects are you most worried about?