Question to the collective

[Butcherpete]

As mentioned previously, I was diagnosed (Prof H/Sheffield) as having the SCA7 version of Ataxia in 2014. I was put on a tablet,( DANTROLENE) that has been gradually increased from 1 X 25mg capsule to the current 3 X 25mg Just had a phone call about some physio I saw last year, and it was then kind of decided (I cannot remember the occasion tho) that I start a thing called BACLOFEN. Reading about it, as one does these days, its a muscle relaxant, the same as Dantrolene. Is it better for Ataxia patients?

[wobblybee]

🤔It may depend on the reason for prescribing the medication.

Muscle relaxants work by causing the muscles to become less tense or stiff, which in turn reduces pain and discomfort. They do this in different ways. Baclofen, diazepam, methocarbamol and tizanidine act on the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Dantrolene works directly on the muscle.