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What is Cyclobenzaprine?

Cyclobenzaprine is a centrally-acting skeletal muscle relaxant used in the treatment of muscle spasm associated with acute painful musculoskeletal conditions.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Stiffness/Spasticity 5 0
Other 3 0
Spasms 2 0
Muscle cramps 2 0
Cramps 2 0
Muscle spasms 2 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

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

Most commonly reported side effects

Constipation
1 100%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  10mg as needed 5mg as needed 7.5mg as needed daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 80 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Cyclobenzaprine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
3 50% Doctor's advice: 50%
Other
2 33% Other: 33%
Did not seem to work
1 17% Did not seem to work: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Cyclobenzaprine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Cyclobenzaprine

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

Stopped Taking Cyclobenzaprine

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

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

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.