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What is Excedrin? Excedrin is an over-the-counter headache pain reliever, typically in the form of tablets or caplets. It contains acetaminophen, aspirin, and caffeine, and is manufactured by Novartis. It's one of the top ten selling over-the-counter medicine brands. Read more...Click to read more below

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Novartis's Excedrin site


Reasons Taken

16 patients in the community are taking or have taken Excedrin.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 6 37%
Headaches/ Migraines 3 18%
Pain 2 12%
Headache 1 6%
Migraines 1 6%
Stiffness 1 6%
General health 1 6%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Excedrin.

  0 mg none 2 mg day 1500 mg day
  13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Excedrin or how long patients were taking Excedrin before stopping.

Currently taking Excedrin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
1
1
1
9

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 1

Headache

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 3

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 3)

  • Dymond
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: None
    Cognition: none
    Vision: mild
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: none
    Walking: none
  • Dymond
  • by Dymond
    Nov 06, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Headaches/ Migraines

See all evaluation results for Excedrin



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