Caffeine Treatment Report
See also: Orphenadrine-aspirin-caffeine
What is Caffeine?
Caffeine is a mild stimulant found in a range of popular drinks such as tea, coffee, and carbonated soft drinks. It has positive effects on mental alertness and concentration. Overuse can cause anxiety and insomnia, however. Some 90% of Americans use caffeine every day.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Fatigue | 25 |
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| Other | 22 |
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| Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) | 12 |
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| Treat my mood condition(s) | 12 |
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| Problems concentrating | 10 |
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| Don't know | 7 |
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See all 124 patients currently taking Caffeine
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Caffeine. See all 44 dosages ►
| 100mg as needed | 1 hr all the time (24/7) | 1 other all the time (24/7) | 200 mg as needed | 200mg as needed | 20 mg all the time (24/7) | 3 other all the time (24/7) | 400 mg as needed | 500 mg as needed | citrate20mg/mL as needed | daily | yearly | 2 tps. weekly | 1 L daily | 1 mg daily | 1 other daily | 2 daily | 2 dose daily | 2 other daily | 2 units daily | 3 dose daily | 3 mg daily | 3 other daily | 3 units daily | 4 dose daily | 4 mg daily | 4 other daily | 6 mg daily | 8 other daily | 20 mg daily | 20 mg one time | 32 mg daily | 40 mg daily | 44 mg daily | 60 mg daily | 80 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 100 other daily | 200 mg daily | 300 mg daily | 450 mg daily | 500 mg daily | 600 mg daily | 1200 mg daily | ||
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Doctor's advice
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4 | 29% |
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Did not seem to work
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3 | 21% |
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Side effects too severe
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3 | 21% |
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Other
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3 | 21% |
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Expense
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1 | 7% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 7% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 18 patient evaluations
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- fragiletruth
- Sex: F
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 0
- Mania: 2
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: Low
- 24 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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- fragiletruth
- since Aug 18, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)
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Side Effects
Mild
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- stargeek
- Sex: M
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 1
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Severe
- 40 M
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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- stargeek
- 450 mg daily
- since Aug 18, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
Moderate
- See full evaluation
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- mser245
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- mser245
- 200 mg daily
- since Aug 22, 2008
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Efficacy
Slight
for Fatigue
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips I'm a coffee achiever! See full evaluation
See all 18 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.