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.
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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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| Migraine Headaches | 16 |
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3 | |||
| Headaches | 7 |
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2 | |||
| Migraine | 5 |
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2 | |||
| Pain | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Aches and pains | 1 | 0 |
See all 46 patients currently taking Excedrin
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Excedrin. See all 19 dosages ►
| 2 250mg-250mg-65mg as needed | 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg all the time (24/7) | 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg as needed | 250mg-250mg-65mg as needed | 2other as needed | 2 x 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg as needed | 3 250mg-250mg-65mg as needed | 3 x 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg as needed | 4 250mg-250mg-65mg as needed | 4 x 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg as needed | 500mg as needed | mg as needed | 2 mg daily | 4 x 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg monthly | 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg daily | 2 x 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg daily | 4 x 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg daily | 6 x 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg daily | 10 x 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg daily | ||
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Other
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1 | 100% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 7 patient evaluations
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- Rikka
- Sex: F
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 4
- Compulsion: 4
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 3
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Overwhelming
- 25 F
- Function: Low
- Distress: High
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- Rikka
- 250mg-250mg-65mg as needed
- since Apr 18, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Migraine
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Don't forget to eat, and limit the consumption of coffee and soda while taking it. See full evaluation
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- Dymond
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: None
- Cognition: none
- Vision: mild
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: none
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- Dymond
- 4 250mg-250mg-65mg as needed
- since Nov 06, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Migraine Headaches
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 7 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.