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Taking Acetaminophen
190 Patients currently take Acetaminophen
19 Patients stopped taking Acetaminophen
BlurryAutumn Depression: 3 Emotional: 3 Compulsion: 3 Anxiety: 3 Mania: 2 Physical: 3 External Stress: Overwhelming 19 F Function: Low Distress: High See profile BlurryAutumn Pinex Forte, 500mg daily since Sep 01, 2004
DiStUrBeDwithMS Sensation: severe Overall: moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: severe Walking: moderate See profile DiStUrBeDwithMS Tylenol, 500mg as needed since Feb 01, 2008
crazylegs Sensation: moderate Overall: mild Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: mild Swallowing: mild Upper limb: mild Walking: moderate See profile crazylegs since Jul 07, 2008

Brand Names: Arthritis Extended Relief, Atasol-500, Equate, Panadol, Panadol Osteo, Panamax, Paracetamol, Pinex Forte, Tylenol, Tylenol ES, Tylenol PM
See also: Ixprim, Midol, Pain Reliever PM, Panlor SS, Tramacet

What is Acetaminophen? Acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) is one of the most commonly used analgesics (pain relievers) in Western medicine. Widely available either by itself or in cold and flu remedies, it is used to relieve aches and pains on an as-needed basis. Read more...

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Jump to:: Reasons Taken; Dosages; Duration; Patient Evaluations

Reasons Taken

209 patients in the community are taking or have taken Acetaminophen.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Pain	71	39%
Other	65	36%
General health	18	10%
Insomnia	5	2%
Headaches	5	2%
disease-related symptoms	2	1%
Headache	2	1%
Pain, leg	2	1%
Pain, neck	1	<1%
Earache	1	<1%
Awakening due to pain	1	<1%
Stiffness/spasticity	1	<1%
Optic neuritis (inflammation of optic nerve)	1	<1%
Sexual dysfunction	1	<1%
severe headaches	1	<1%
Back pain	1	<1%
Support another treatment	1	<1%
Mobility	1	<1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Acetaminophen.

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0 mg day	0 day	0 mg month	0 mg none	0 none	1 day	3 g day	2 day	75 mg day	81 mg day	100 mg day	1000 mg week	200 mg day	325 mg day	500 mg day	650 mg day	1000 mg day	1300 mg day	2000 mg day	2400 mg day	2500 mg day	2600 mg day	2666 mg day	3000 mg day	3200 mg day	4000 mg day
2	2	1	97	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	1	9	2	3	1	1	1	1	3	1	2

Duration

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

Currently taking Acetaminophen

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
8	14	20	27	33	47

Stopped taking Acetaminophen

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
3	3	5	4	2	3

Why Patients Stopped Taking Acetaminophen (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	7	35%
Did not seem to work	4	20%
Doctor's advice	4	20%
Course of treatment ended	3	15%
Not indicated	2	10%
Personal research	1	5%
Side effects too severe	1	5%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 15 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	13%	1
Moderate	63%	5
Slight	25%	2

Insomnia

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	7%	1
Mild	7%	1
None	87%	13

Top reported side-effects include: morning groggy if taken too late >10pm, Liver problems

Summary results are based on 15 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 15)

stargeek

Depression: 3

Emotional: 2

Compulsion: 1

Anxiety: 1

Mania: 0

Physical: 1

External Stress: Severe

39 M

Function: Low

Distress: Low

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by stargeek
Jul 07, 2008