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Subject: Re: Valium Patent Expires (muscle relaxants)
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Date: Wed, 13-Mar-85 14:30:48 EST
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> My sister takes valium as a *muscle relaxant* when she needs one
> (which is very infrequently).  She's also a nurse, and you'd think
> she'd know, but it seemed strange to me.   Anyone out there ever
> heard of such a thing?  I'd have thought that with all the specific

>                                 - Dave Harris, Arts Computing Office

Immediately after some reconstructive surgery on my knee a few years ago, my
doctor prescribed valium to relax the muscles to give it a chance to
heal properly.  I only used it for about a week, but it was effective.

Kathy Morris
(.. decvax!decwrl!shasta!morris)