A new discovery may explain why so many people abandon cholesterol-lowering statins because of muscle pain and weakness. Researchers found that certain statins can latch onto a key muscle protein and ...

Before Adam Sharples became a molecular physiologist studying muscle memory, he played professional rugby. Over his years as an athlete, he noticed that he and his teammates seemed to return to form ...

Pumping iron isn’t the only way to pump the brakes on age-related muscle loss. While weight training has long been lauded as the key to building and maintaining muscle mass, experts say there are ...

Muscle relaxers help reduce muscle stiffness and pain from conditions like cerebral palsy and lower back pain. There are two main types of muscle relaxers: antispastics and antispasmodics. Muscle ...

Scientists in Sweden have created a new pill designed to help the body burn fat and control blood sugar in a different way than popular GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic. While injectable GLP-1s work by ...

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Researchers identified a total of 1987 injury events across medication groups, with fractures being the most common injury event (923 cases), followed by falls leading to fracture (773 cases), and ...

The U.S. subsidiary of India’s Unichem Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling one lot of the muscle relaxant cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride after a labeling snafu. The lot being recalled is ...

Unichem pharmaceuticals issued a nationwide recall of one lot of cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride tablets after finding that bottles labeled as the muscle relaxant actually contained meloxicam, a ...

Dealing with soreness or achiness? A little dab of the right product can help. Of course, even the best muscle pain relief cream will only provide a temporary respite, but it can be super helpful when ...

Tonmya (cyclobenzaprine) is a non-opioid medicine approved by the FDA to treat fibromyalgia in adults. It’s taken once daily at bedtime as a small tablet that dissolves under your tongue. It provides ...

As use of the popular anti-diabetic and weight-loss drug Ozempic skyrockets, so have concerns about the medication’s side effects. One such side effect is loss of “lean mass”—body weight that isn’t ...