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EPERISONE IS A CENTRALLY ACTING SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANT THAT HAS BEEN USED IN THE SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT OF MUSCLE SPASM AND SPASTICITY. IT MAY ALSO HAVE A VASODILATOR ACTION. EPERISONE HYDROCHLORIDE HAS BEEN GIVEN BY MOUTH IN USUAL DOSES OF 50Β MG THREE TIMES DAILY AFTER FOOD.
EFFECTS ON THE SKIN.
A NON-PIGMENTING FIXED DRUG ERUPTION DEVELOPED IN A 42-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AFTER TAKING ORAL DICLOFENAC SODIUM AND EPERISONE HYDROCHLORIDE.1 THERE WAS NO RESIDUAL HYPERPIGMENTATION AND THE RASH AND ACCOMPANYING ITCHING AND BURNING SENSATION RESOLVED WITHIN 7 DAYS AFTER STOPPING BOTH DRUGS. ON RECHALLENGE WITH EPERISONE, AN ERYTHEMATOUS PLAQUE DEVELOPED AT THE SAME SITE WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS. THE LESION DISAPPEARED WITHIN 5 DAYS WITH NO SEQUELAE.
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