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What is Baclofen?

Baclofen is a skeletal muscle relaxant and anti-spastic agent used for the treatment of reversible spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis or spinal cord lesions.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Stiffness/Spasticity 1737 377 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 1085 91 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Muscle spasms 520 165 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 209 18 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain 160 42 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 105 21 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 3171 patients currently taking Baclofen

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 62
Moderate
 106
Mild
 211
None
 323

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Baclofen

Sleepiness 99
Fatigue 80
Muscle weakness 62
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 48
Constipation 33
Staggering walk 32
See all 103 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Baclofen. See all 155 dosages ►

  10mg as needed daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 120 mg daily
  141 Number of Patients: 141 76 Number of Patients: 76 436 Number of Patients: 436 489 Number of Patients: 489 519 Number of Patients: 519 314 Number of Patients: 314 87 Number of Patients: 87 386 Number of Patients: 386 248 Number of Patients: 248 60 Number of Patients: 60  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Baclofen (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 222   Did not seem to work: 36%
Side effects too severe 190   Side effects too severe: 31%
Other 129   Other: 21%
Doctor's advice 72   Doctor's advice: 12%
Course of treatment ended 37   Course of treatment ended: 6%
Personal research 23   Personal research: 4%
Not indicated 16   Not indicated: 3%
Expense 10   Expense: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 9   Change in health plan coverage: 1%

See all 577 patients who’ve stopped taking Baclofen

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Baclofen

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

Stopped Taking Baclofen

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Baclofen

Always
 466 66%
Usually
 156 22%
Sometimes
 56 8%
Never
 24 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Baclofen

Very
 34 5%
Somewhat
 52 7%
A little
 95 14%
Not at all
 521 74%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Baclofen

$200+
 2 0%
$100-199
 4 1%
$50-99
 6 1%
$25-49
 30 6%
< $25
 430 91%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.