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What is Butalbital?

Butalbital is a barbituate used for the relief of the symptomatic complex of tension or muscle contraction headache.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Migraine headaches 4 1 Efficacy_slight
Headaches 3 0
Other 2 0
General health 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0
Moderate
0
Mild
0
None
1

Reported Dosages

  40mg as needed daily 600mg as needed as needed 757mg as needed 50mg as needed
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Butalbital (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 50%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 50%

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Currently Taking Butalbital

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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0
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Stopped Taking Butalbital

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Butalbital

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Butalbital

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Butalbital

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

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Report created on February 11, 2012.