Muscle relaxants have an association with mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits in older patients. Determining a preferred option may be beneficial to help guide prescribing in this patient population. Tizanidine may be an effective and potentially safer choice for most indications.

This is the accepted version of the following article: Knight EM. Tizanidine: An overlooked alternative muscle relaxant for older patients. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Oct 31. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18111. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36314387

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