Metaxalone

Metaxalone (marketed by King Pharmaceuticals under the brand name Skelaxin®) is a muscle relaxant used to relax muscles and relieve pain caused by strains, sprains, and other musculoskeletal conditions. It is considered to be a moderately strong muscle relaxant. Skelaxin comes in an 800mg scored tablet. It previously came in both 400mg and 800mg tablets. The 400mg tablet has been discontinued.

Metaxalone is still under patent to King Pharmaceuticals and thus is not available in a generic form. Specific information about the patent held by King does not seem to be publicly available; therefore, no off-patent date can be established. The patent appears to have been established at the very latest in 1964 (and possibly earlier based on a USPTO search for metaxalone ), according to King's product info , which contradicts the usual 10-year patent rights granted for new drugs to pharmaceutical companies by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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