Skelaxin: effectiveness, side effects, alternatives
Summary:
Skelaxin: metaxalone
We study 9,567 Skelaxin users. The information eHealthMe analyzes includes:
- Effectiveness of Skelaxin- 138 alternative drugs to Skelaxin
- 3,978 Skelaxin side effects and drug interactions
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Number of reports submitted per year:

How effective is Skelaxin?
- Back pain - reported by 63 people
- Back pain - low - reported by 59 people
- Muscle spasms - reported by 54 people
- Pain - reported by 32 people
- Muscle aches - reported by 24 people
- Fibromyalgia - reported by 19 people
- Muscle relaxant therapy - reported by 15 people
- Neck pain - reported by 14 people
- Muscle injury - reported by 14 people
- Muscle contractions involuntary - reported by 7 people
- Back injury - reported by 7 people
- Muscle contracture - reported by 6 people
- Arthritis - reported by 5 people
- Muscle cramps - reported by 4 people
- Muscle relaxer - reported by 3 people
- Bladder spasm - reported by 3 people
- Muscle tightness - reported by 3 people
- Muscle disorder - reported by 3 people
Alternative drugs to the conditions Skelaxin treats:
Compare Skelaxin with similar drugs, by side effects and effectiveness:
- Skelaxin vs. Acetaminophen
- Skelaxin vs. Acetaminophen and codeine phosphate
- Skelaxin vs. Acetaminophen and hydrocodone bitartrate
- Skelaxin vs. Advil
- Skelaxin vs. Advil liqui-gels
- Skelaxin vs. Advil pm
- Skelaxin vs. Aleve
- Skelaxin vs. Amitriptyline hydrochloride
- Skelaxin vs. Amrix
- Skelaxin vs. Arthrotec
- Skelaxin vs. Aspirin
- Skelaxin vs. Avinza
- Skelaxin vs. Baclofen
- Skelaxin vs. Bayer extra strength aspirin for migraine pain
- Skelaxin vs. Buprenorphine hydrochloride
- Skelaxin vs. Butrans
- Skelaxin vs. Cannabis
- Skelaxin vs. Carisoprodol
- Skelaxin vs. Celebrex
- Skelaxin vs. Celecoxib
- Skelaxin vs. Co-codamol
- Skelaxin vs. Codeine
- Skelaxin vs. Codeine, aspirin, apap formula no. 4
- Skelaxin vs. Codeine sulfate
- Skelaxin vs. Cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride
- Skelaxin vs. Cymbalta
- Skelaxin vs. Darvocet
- Skelaxin vs. Darvocet a500
- Skelaxin vs. Darvocet-n 100
- Skelaxin vs. Demerol
- Skelaxin vs. Dexamethasone
- Skelaxin vs. Diazepam
- Skelaxin vs. Diclofenac potassium
- Skelaxin vs. Diclofenac sodium
- Skelaxin vs. Dilaudid
- Skelaxin vs. Duragesic-100
- Skelaxin vs. Duragesic-25
- Skelaxin vs. Duragesic-75
- Skelaxin vs. Elavil
- Skelaxin vs. Endep
- Skelaxin vs. Etodolac
- Skelaxin vs. Excedrin
- Skelaxin vs. Fentanyl
- Skelaxin vs. Fentanyl-100
- Skelaxin vs. Fentanyl-25
- Skelaxin vs. Fentanyl-50
- Skelaxin vs. Fentanyl-75
- Skelaxin vs. Fentanyl transdermal system
- Skelaxin vs. Flector
- Skelaxin vs. Flexeril
- Skelaxin vs. Gabapentin
- Skelaxin vs. Hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen
- Skelaxin vs. Hydrocodone compound
- Skelaxin vs. Hydrocortone
- Skelaxin vs. Hydromorphone hydrochloride
- Skelaxin vs. Ibu
- Skelaxin vs. Ibuprofen
- Skelaxin vs. Indomethacin
- Skelaxin vs. Kadian
- Skelaxin vs. Ketoprofen
- Skelaxin vs. Ketorolac tromethamine
- Skelaxin vs. Klonopin
- Skelaxin vs. Lidoderm
- Skelaxin vs. Lodine
- Skelaxin vs. Lorcet-hd
- Skelaxin vs. Lortab
- Skelaxin vs. Lyrica
- Skelaxin vs. Medrol
- Skelaxin vs. Meloxicam
- Skelaxin vs. Methadone hydrochloride
- Skelaxin vs. Methocarbamol
- Skelaxin vs. Methocarbamol and aspirin
- Skelaxin vs. Methylprednisolone
- Skelaxin vs. Mobic
- Skelaxin vs. Morphine
- Skelaxin vs. Morphine sulfate
- Skelaxin vs. Motrin
- Skelaxin vs. Motrin ib
- Skelaxin vs. Ms contin
- Skelaxin vs. Nabumetone
- Skelaxin vs. Naprosyn
- Skelaxin vs. Naproxen
- Skelaxin vs. Naproxen sodium
- Skelaxin vs. Neurontin
- Skelaxin vs. Norco
- Skelaxin vs. Norflex
- Skelaxin vs. Nortriptyline hydrochloride
- Skelaxin vs. Nucynta
- Skelaxin vs. Nucynta er
- Skelaxin vs. Opana
- Skelaxin vs. Opana er
- Skelaxin vs. Orphenadrine citrate
- Skelaxin vs. Oxycodone
- Skelaxin vs. Oxycodone 2.5/apap 500
- Skelaxin vs. Oxycodone 5/apap 500
- Skelaxin vs. Oxycodone and acetaminophen
- Skelaxin vs. Oxycodone and aspirin
- Skelaxin vs. Oxycodone hydrochloride
- Skelaxin vs. Oxycontin
- Skelaxin vs. Paracetamol
- Skelaxin vs. Percocet
- Skelaxin vs. Piroxicam
- Skelaxin vs. Prednisone
- Skelaxin vs. Pregabalin
- Skelaxin vs. Profen
- Skelaxin vs. Relafen
- Skelaxin vs. Robaxin
- Skelaxin vs. Robaxin-750
- Skelaxin vs. Robaxisal
- Skelaxin vs. Roxicet
- Skelaxin vs. Roxicodone
- Skelaxin vs. Soma
- Skelaxin vs. Suboxone
- Skelaxin vs. Tizanidine hydrochloride
- Skelaxin vs. Topamax
- Skelaxin vs. Toradol
- Skelaxin vs. Tramadol
- Skelaxin vs. Tramadol and acetaminophen
- Skelaxin vs. Tramadol hydrochloride
- Skelaxin vs. Tramadol hydrochloride and acetaminophen
- Skelaxin vs. Tylenol
- Skelaxin vs. Tylenol w/ codeine
- Skelaxin vs. Tylenol w/ codeine no. 1
- Skelaxin vs. Tylenol w/ codeine no. 2
- Skelaxin vs. Tylenol w/ codeine no. 3
- Skelaxin vs. Tylenol w/ codeine no. 4
- Skelaxin vs. Ultracet
- Skelaxin vs. Ultram
- Skelaxin vs. Ultram er
- Skelaxin vs. Valium
- Skelaxin vs. Vicodin
- Skelaxin vs. Vicodin es
- Skelaxin vs. Vicodin hp
- Skelaxin vs. Vicoprofen
- Skelaxin vs. Vimovo
- Skelaxin vs. Voltaren
- Skelaxin vs. Zanaflex
- Skelaxin vs. Zorvolex
Common Skelaxin side effects:
- Pain (1,202 reports)
- Stress and anxiety (898 reports)
- Fatigue (793 reports)
- Headache (743 reports)
- Back pain (705 reports)
- Depression (684 reports)
- Breathing difficulty (682 reports)
- High blood pressure (631 reports)
Skelaxin side effects by duration, gender and age:
- Skelaxin side effects (8,705 reports)
Browse all side effects of Skelaxin:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zCommon Skelaxin interactions:
- Skelaxin and Nexium (1,146 reports)
- Skelaxin and Celebrex (1,136 reports)
- Skelaxin and Lyrica (1,054 reports)
- Skelaxin and Neurontin (992 reports)
- Skelaxin and Aspirin (932 reports)
- Skelaxin and Ambien (877 reports)
- Skelaxin and Cymbalta (827 reports)
- Skelaxin and Tramadol (819 reports)
- Skelaxin and Vioxx (796 reports)
- Skelaxin and Lipitor (755 reports)
Browse all interactions between Skelaxin and drugs from A to Z:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zDo you take Skelaxin?
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