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Descriptor English: Methocarbamol
Descriptor Spanish: Metocarbamol
Descriptor metocarbamol
Entry term(s) carbamato de guaifenesina
Scope note: Relajante muscular de acción central cuyo modo de acción no ha sido establecido. Se utiliza como auxiliar en el tratamiento sintomático de afecciones musculoesqueléticas asociadas con espasmo muscular doloroso. (Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1206)
Descriptor Portuguese: Metocarbamol
Descriptor French: Méthocarbamol
Entry term(s): Carbamate, Guaiphenesin
Guaiphenesin Carbamate
Lumirelax
Ortoton
Parabaxin
Robaxin
Tree number(s): D02.241.081.251.583.577
D02.355.601.536.400.500
D02.355.726.453.400.500
D02.455.426.559.389.657.654.453.400.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008721
Scope note: A centrally acting muscle relaxant whose mode of action has not been established. It is used as an adjunct in the symptomatic treatment of musculoskeletal conditions associated with painful muscle spasm. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1206)
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Muscle Relaxants, Central
Registry Number: 125OD7737X
CAS Type 1 Name: 1,2-Propanediol, 3-(2-methoxyphenoxy)-, 1-carbamate
DeCS ID: 8900
Unique ID: D008721
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/01
Methocarbamol - Preferred
Concept UI M0013584
Scope note A centrally acting muscle relaxant whose mode of action has not been established. It is used as an adjunct in the symptomatic treatment of musculoskeletal conditions associated with painful muscle spasm. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1206)
Preferred term Methocarbamol
Entry term(s) Carbamate, Guaiphenesin
Guaiphenesin Carbamate
Parabaxin - Narrower
Concept UI M0474835
Preferred term Parabaxin
Ortoton - Narrower
Concept UI M0474834
Preferred term Ortoton
Robaxin - Narrower
Concept UI M0013585
Preferred term Robaxin
Lumirelax - Narrower
Concept UI M0474833
Preferred term Lumirelax



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