Method of treating myofascial pain syndrome with relaxin
OwnerSamuel K. Yueinventor
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Abstract
A method of treating involuntary muscle dysfunctions includes administering a therapeuticaly effective amount of relaxin to a patient. Involuntary muscle dysfunctions amenable to treatment with relaxin include fibromyalgia, myofascial pain syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, dystonia, pelvic floor dysfunction, irritable bowel syndrome, and others.
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A method for treating myofascial pain syndrome by administering to a patient exhibiting painful contraction of muscles from myofascial pain syndrome a therapeutically effective amount of relaxin hormone, thereby decreasing the amount of painful contraction of the muscles affected by relaxin.
A method of treating myofascial pain syndrome by concomitantly administering to a patient exhibiting painful contraction of muscles from involuntary muscle dysfunction of a therapeutically effective amount of:
- (1) relaxin hormone;
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- (2) at least one of estrogen and progesterone, thereby decreasing the amount of painful contraction of muscles affected by relaxin.
A method of treating myofascial pain syndrome in a patient exhibiting painful contraction of muscles from myofascial pain syndrome, the method consisting of administering a therapeutically effective amount of relaxin, selected from the group consisting of natural human relaxin, synthetic human relaxin, and animal relaxin, thereby decreasing the amount of contraction of the muscles affected by relaxin.
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