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What is Excedrin Tension Headache?

Excedrin® Tension Headache is used for relief of head, neck and shoulder pain associated with tension-type headaches. Excedrin® Tension Headache contains acetaminophen formulated with caffeine.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Headaches 10 1
Migraine Headaches 4 1
General health 1 0
Back pain 1 0
Migraine 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

  2 500mg-65mg as needed 3 500mg-65mg as needed 500mg-65mg as needed 500 mg-65 mg monthly 2 x 500 mg-65 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Excedrin Tension Headache

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 100%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 100%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.