Kathy,

I have spastic diplegic cerebral palsy, and am 23 years old. I go to
university in Canada.

Jenn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Pink" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: Problems with Zanaflex


> Hi There Jenn,
>
> Are you a person that has Cerebral Palsy or are you a parent with a child
that has CP?
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> Kathy
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> --- Jennifer Zubko <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > First off, if you belong to both CPPARENT and C-PALSY, my apologies for
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> > the crosspost. I am writing because I began to take Zanaflex =
> > (Tizanidine) about 2 weeks ago to deal with pain and spasticity. It is =
> > causing me great problems. I feel like I am high on the medication. The
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> > doctor put me on 4 mg 4 times a day, but I have to work up to that dose
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> > over 12 days, and I am not even there yet. I have never felt this tired
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> > or this confused on an antispasmodic before. I have tried to break the =
> > capsules in half to minimize side effects, but it doesn't work.=20
> >
> > Has anyone had this experience before? I have taken lots of =
> > antispasmodics before and this has never happened to me...
> >
> > The doctor says he will do Botox injections if the medicine did not =
> > work, but I didn't expect such an adverse reaction.
> >
> > Has anyone had a similar experience with Zanaflex?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jenn
>
>
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