Selma Blair this week revealed she was once “ridiculed” for attempting to assuage her multiple sclerosis (MS) muscle spasms by bringing a towel into the bath with her. The “Cruel Intentions” actress, ...

There is no strong evidence to back a licensed cannabis-extract medicine which the Department of Health plans to make available to multiple sclerosis patients next year, according to a study. The drug ...

Infectious agents can cause muscle twitching and spasms, too. The most commonly known is probably tetanus, which causes a phenomenon called lockjaw, where the neck and jaw muscles contract to the ...

I assume the term "regular" muscle relaxants and analgesia implies that drugs such as baclofen, tizanidine, cyclobenzaprine, and diazepam have been used. Other agents that can help relieve painful ...

Porton Down, UK, 2 March 2011: GW Pharmaceuticals (AIM: GWP) announces that positive results from a Phase III clinical study of Sativex® Oromucosal Spray (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and ...

Though many people experience muscle twitching, it's often incorrectly identified as a muscle spasm. While both are involuntary contractions of a muscle, muscle spasms and muscle twitching aren't ...

Spasticity is a condition involving an involuntary increase in muscle tone that leads to resistance against normal movements of the body and may cause pain in some individuals. This condition is ...