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What is Excedrin Tension Headache?

Excedrin® Tension Headache is used for relief of head, neck and shoulder pain associated with tension-type headaches. Excedrin® Tension Headache contains acetaminophen formulated with caffeine.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Headaches 11 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Migraine headaches 5 1 Efficacy_slight
General health 1 0
Back pain 1 0
Atypical Migraine 1 0

See all 17 patients currently taking Excedrin Tension Headache

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 1

Reported Dosages

  500mg-65mg as needed 3 500mg-65mg as needed 2 500mg-65mg as needed 500 mg-65 mg monthly 500 mg-65 mg daily 2 x 500 mg-65 mg daily
  8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Excedrin Tension Headache (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 50%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Excedrin Tension Headache

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Excedrin Tension Headache

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Excedrin Tension Headache

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Excedrin Tension Headache

Always
 1 50%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 50%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Excedrin Tension Headache

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 50%
A little
 1 50%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Excedrin Tension Headache

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.