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Tizanidine Toxicity From Ciprofloxacin: A Cautionary Tale

Tizanidine is an alpha-2 adrenergic agonist used commonly by medical professionals to treat patients' chronic spasticity, muscle spasms, and neuralgia usually associated with myofascial components. This medication is also used very frequently in detoxification centers on patients treated for an...

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Autores principales: Goyal, Lokesh, Mallick, Deobrat, Zapata, Miana R, Yashi, Kanica, Chourasia, Prabal, Surani, Salim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9836827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36644068
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32492
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Sumario:Tizanidine is an alpha-2 adrenergic agonist used commonly by medical professionals to treat patients' chronic spasticity, muscle spasms, and neuralgia usually associated with myofascial components. This medication is also used very frequently in detoxification centers on patients treated for analgesic withdrawal, especially those who are suffering from rebound headaches due to the discontinuation of analgesics. Tizanidine is metabolized in the human body by the cytochrome P450 CYP1A2. On the other hand, ciprofloxacin is a common antibiotic belonging to the class of fluoroquinolones and is used to treat various infections. Ciprofloxacin inhibits the bacterial DNA-gyrase enzyme resulting in the destruction of the organism. Ciprofloxacin is also an inhibitor of the cytochrome P450 CYP1A2. Even though these two medications show obvious interaction still, however, both these medications are often prescribed together, and their interactions/contraindications are often overlooked by many physicians and other providers. We hereby describe the case report of the interaction between tizanidine and ciprofloxacin, along with the adverse outcome related to the concomitant use of these two drugs.