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From: carter@gatech.UUCP (Carter Bullard)
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Subject: Re: Valium Patent Expires
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Date: Wed, 13-Mar-85 14:23:17 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
> muscle relaxants around (my own favorite is Flexeril), she'd take
> one of those, but there she is with her valium. 
> 

Yes, valium is a muscle relaxant, anxiolytic( which is a fancy name for
anti-anxiety agent ), and an anticonvulsant.  It was thought that the 
anxiolytic actions were the result of the muscle relaxant properties and
then later it was thought that the corollary was true, no one really knows
if they have anything to do with each other or not. 


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Carter Bullard
ICS, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332
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