Uses, Dosage & Side Effects: Dantrolene Capsule

Dantrolene Capsule

Generic namedantrolene sodium
Drug classskeletal muscle relaxant
FormsCapsules (25 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg)

Dantrolene Capsules is a prescription skeletal muscle relaxant. It is used to control chronic muscle spasticity caused by certain nerve and brain conditions, and to prevent or manage a severe reaction to anesthesia called malignant hyperthermia.

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