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Skelaxin is a muscle relaxant, used along with rest and physical therapy for the treatment of injuries and other painful muscular conditions.

Use as explained by your physicain. If you do not understand these directions, consult your physicain, a nurse, or a pharmacist.

Store at room temp. away from moisture and sunlight. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep out of the reach of children.

If you miss a dose of Skelaxin and remember before 1 hour has passed, take the missed dose. Otherwise skip the dose you missed and take the next one as scheduled. Avoid taking a double dose.

Some mild side effects that you might experience when using Skelaxin are dizziness, drowsiness, headache, nervousness, irritability, nausea, upset stomach, or vomiting. If you experience one or more of these side effects and they become bothersome or seem unusual, consult a physicain. Serious side effects are less common. If you experience any of the following discontinue use of Skelaxin and seek immediate medical help: an allergic reaction (throat closing, breathing difficulty, lip, tongue or face swelling, or hives); yellow skin or eyes.

There are a lot of medicines that combined with Skelaxin may have an effect of heavy sedation. Inform your physicain if you are using antihistamines such as brompheniramine (Dimetane, Bromfed, others), chlorpheniramine (Chlor-Trimeton, Teldrin, others), azatadine (Optimine), clemastine (Tavist), and many others; narcotics (pain killers) such as meperidine (Demerol), morphine (MS Contin, MSIR, others), propoxyphene (Darvon, Darvocet), hydrocodone (Lorcet, Vicodin), oxycodone (Percocet, Percodan), fentanyl (Duragesic), and codeine (Fiorinal, Fioricet, Tylenol #3, others); sedatives such as phenobarbital (Solfoton, Luminal), amobarbital (Amytal), and secobarbital (Seconal); phenothiazines such as chlorpromazine (Thorazine), fluphenazine (Prolixin), mesoridazine (Serentil), perphenazine (Trilafon), prochlorperazine (Compazine), thioridazine (Mellaril), and trifluoperazine (Stelazine); or antidepressants such as doxepin (Sinequan), imipramine (Tofranil), nortriptyline (Pamelor), fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil), sertraline (Zoloft), phenelzine (Nardil), and tranylcypromine (Parnate). Other drugs may also interact with Skelaxin. Consult a physicain or pharmacist before using any medicines, whether prescription or non-prescription.

Skelaxin may make you dizzy or drowsy. Be cautious when driving, operating machinery, etc. Drowsiness and dizziness may be intensified by alcohol use.

King Pharmaceuticals focuses on acquiring approved, currently marketed products, and continuing their distribution. In addition, following its acquisition of Medco Research, Inc., in February 2000, King now operates an R&D branch. King began operations in January 1994. It is based in Bristol, Tennessee.