Age-by-age guide to talking to kids about sex. Explaining sex to kids can feel like a minefield for parents, but it doesn't have to. Here's our age-by-age guide to the what, how and why of sex. By Cheryl Embrett | Jul 21, 2016. Before I started writing this story, it hadnât occurred to me to talk to my daughter about sex. I wasnât exactly avoiding the topic, but she was only 6Â½ and it seemed way too early.
Muscle relaxants, which are also known as skeletal muscle relaxants, are a type of medication that is typically used to reduce or prevent muscle spasms or muscle spasticity that occurs as the result of some upper motor neuron syndromes.
Some examples of commonly prescribed skeletal muscle relaxant medications include carisoprodol (Soma), cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril), and metaxalone (Skelaxin), which are taken in tablet form. Muscle relaxant drugs are only available by prescription in the U.S. Other types of muscle relaxant drugs (neuromuscular blocking drugs) are sometimes used during the induction of general anesthesia or during insertion of an endotracheal (ET) tube. These muscle relaxants are given intravenously (through the bloodstream) and act directly on the muscles. Examples of muscle relaxants used during surgical procedures include succinylcholine (Anectine, Sucostrin), atracurium (Tracrium), and pancuronium (Pavulon).