How to Use muscle relaxant in a Sentence

muscle relaxant

noun
  • Just one week after the attacks, he was prescribed a muscle relaxant for a backache.
    Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Chloe has been visiting Diane in order to feed her the same canine muscle relaxant pills that she was once forced to take.
    Rosie Knight, refinery29.com, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Dorothy’s one medication, a Tier 4 muscle relaxant with a full cost of $2.26, is subject to the deductible.
    Diane Omdahl, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Then there’s atropine—a muscle relaxant derived from the toxic nightshade and mandrake plants.
    Amit Katwala, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Bananas are a good source of magnesium, which is a natural muscle relaxant.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The sedative is also an analgesic and muscle relaxant, and can cause devastating skin wounds that, if left untreated, can lead to amputation.
    Trisha Thadani, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The case was revived after an analysis of Franco's tissue samples found morphine and a powerful muscle relaxant used in anesthesia in her system.
    CBS News, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Once unconsciousness was confirmed, the rest of the chemicals began to flow through the IV lines: a muscle relaxant called rocuronium bromide, and potassium chloride, to induce cardiac arrest.
    New York Times, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Xylazine is primarily used in veterinary practice as an animal muscle relaxant; it has not been approved for human use.
    Salvador Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The impulse can act as a sort of muscle relaxant, a release valve that also, perhaps not incidentally, corresponds to periods of persistent discomfort or despair, or some kind of admixture of the two.
    Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
  • Wellenstein also suggests using warm compresses or natural remedies like magnesium, a natural muscle relaxant, or boswellia, a natural anti-inflammatory.
    Karla Walsh, Woman's Day, 15 July 2022

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