Baclofen Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Lioresal Oral, Onelaxant R, Stelax
See also: Baclofen Intrathecal, Lioresal Intrathecal
What is Baclofen?
Baclofen is a skeletal muscle relaxant and antispastic agent used for the treatment of reversible spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis or spinal cord lesions.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Stiffness/Spasticity | 1354 |
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183 |
| Muscle cramping, spasms | 176 |
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43 | ||
| Other | 116 |
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21 | |
| Pain | 105 |
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22 |
| Muscle spasms | 44 |
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| Mobility | 30 |
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7 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Baclofen. See all 108 dosages ►
| 0.05 mg all the time (24/7) | 0.05mg/mL as needed | 0.5 10mg as needed | 0.5mg as needed | 0mg as needed | 10 mg all the time (24/7) | 10 mg as needed | 10mg as needed | 115 mcg all the time (24/7) | 120 mg all the time (24/7) | 150 mg all the time (24/7) | 20 mg all the time (24/7) | 20 mg as needed | 20mg as needed | 2 10mg as needed | 2 20mg as needed | 30mg as needed | 3 10mg as needed | 3 20mg as needed | 40 mg all the time (24/7) | 4 20mg as needed | 5 20mg as needed | 5 20mg daily | 5 mg as needed | 5mg as needed | 80 mg all the time (24/7) | 90 mg all the time (24/7) | as needed | daily | 0.05 mg daily | 0.05 mg/mL daily | 0.1 mg daily | 0.15 mg daily | 0.2 mg daily | 0.225 mg daily | 10 mg monthly | 0.35 mg daily | 0.4 mg daily | 0.5 mg daily | 0.5 mg/mL daily | 0.6 mg daily | 1 daily | 1 mcg daily | 1.5 mg daily | 2 daily | 2 mcg daily | 2 mg daily | 2.5 mg daily | 3 daily | 4 daily | 5 mg daily | 5.5 mg daily | 6 mcg daily | 6.25 mg daily | 8 daily | 9 daily | 10 daily | 10 mcg daily | 10 mg daily | 12 mg daily | 15 mg daily | 120 mg weekly | 20 daily | 20 mcg daily | 20 mg daily | 24 mcg daily | 25 mg daily | 30 mg daily | 35 mg daily | 40 mg daily | 44 mg daily | 45 mg daily | 50 mcg daily | 50 mg daily | 52 mcg daily | 55 mg daily | 60 daily | 60 mg daily | 65 mg daily | 70 g daily | 70 mcg daily | 70 mg daily | 75 mg daily | 80 daily | 80 mg daily | 90 daily | 90 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 110 mg daily | 120 mg daily | 130 mcg daily | 130 mg daily | 140 mcg daily | 140 mg daily | 150 mg daily | 160 mg daily | 180 mg daily | 200 mcg daily | 200 mg daily | 210 mg daily | 270 mg daily | 400 mcg daily | 500 mg daily | 600 mg daily | 900 mcg daily | 1240 mcg daily | 1800 mg daily | 2550 mg daily | ||
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266
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Side effects too severe
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90 | 34% |
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Did not seem to work
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88 | 33% |
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Other
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53 | 20% |
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Doctor's advice
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31 | 12% |
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Course of treatment ended
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18 | 7% |
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Not indicated
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7 | 3% |
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Personal research
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6 | 2% |
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Expense
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2 | 1% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 270 patient evaluations
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- SIONZ
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: none
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
- See profile
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- SIONZ
- 10 mg daily
- since Aug 19, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips do'nt drink alcohol. See full evaluation
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- JesswithMS
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- JesswithMS
- as needed
- since Aug 20, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Stiffness/Spasticity
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips Be very slow in your increase on this drug and you must wean yourself off if you need to stop. Make sure to discuss this with your doctor. See full evaluation
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- Nyrsaeans
- Sex: F
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 3
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Overwhelming
- 32 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Moderate
- See profile
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- Nyrsaeans
- 20 mg daily
- since Sep 30, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Stiffness/Spasticity
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips never cease taking meds without doctor's supervision. Withdrawal effects may not be as minor or tolerable as you may think. There may be withdrawal symtoms... See full evaluation
See all 270 patient evaluations
Report created on November 20, 2009.