ROLE OF CENTRALLY ACTING MUSCLE RELAXANT IN LOW BACK PAIN
Pain is a symptom when it occurs acutely, but frequent symptoms changes into chronic condition. Pain is due to tissue damage or alarm signals for upcoming complications. Back pain is a common public health problem, affecting at least 80% of individuals experiencing a considerable episode of low back pain in their life. The occurrence of spasticity related muscle pain in patients after spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis or with stroke can attain as high as 67% 74% and 65% A variety of pharmacologic agents are used for the treatment of myogenic pain. These agents are termed as muscle relaxants and antispastic medications. Obstruction of the polysynaptic reflex arc has been used as an assay for the actions of centrally acting muscle relaxants and noncurariform relaxants. Skeletal muscle relaxants are diverse group of medications used to treat different types of underlying situation: spasticity from upper motor neuron (UMN) syndromes and muscular pain or spasm from peripheral musculoskeletal conditions. To review the effectiveness of centrally acting muscle relaxant on specific and nonspecific low back pain. Recent therapy primarily includes use of centrally acting muscle relaxants, which are advantageous in treatment of some symptoms, but repeated use has extensive side