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Baclofen Treatment Report
Brand Names:
Lioresal Oral
See also:
Baclofen Intrathecal, Lioresal Intrathecal
What is Baclofen? Baclofen is a skeletal muscle relaxant and antispastic agent used for the treatment of reversible spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis or spinal cord lesions.
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Reasons taken
56 patients in the community are taking or have taken Baclofen.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Muscle spasms | 27 | 48% |
| Muscle Pain | 8 | 14% |
| Support another treatment | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Pain | 2 | 3% |
| Sleeplessness | 2 | 3% |
| Spasms | 1 | 1% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Baclofen or how long patients were taking Baclofen before stopping.
Currently Taking Baclofen
Stopped Taking Baclofen
| 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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0
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0
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0
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Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 9 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Slight | 100% | 1 |
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Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 44% | 4 |
| Mild | 11% | 1 |
| None | 44% | 4 |
Top reported side-effects include: Sleepiness, Fatigue, Muscle weakness
Summary results are based on 9 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 9)
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- Kpain
- Sex: F
- Pain: Most
- Fatigue: All
- Sleep: All
- Stiffness: All
- function: Little
- external_stress: All
- Stickman: all
- Description:F50y
- FM:10y Dx
- See profile
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by Kpain
May 31, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsModerate
- Muscle spasms
- Advice/Tips
- Be prepared for fatigue and some problems with memory
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- hskiles
- Sex: F
- Pain: None
- Fatigue: Little
- Sleep: None
- Stiffness: None
- function: All
- external_stress: Little
- Stickman: none
- Description:F30y
- FM:2y Dx
- CFS:5y Dx
- See profile
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by hskiles
Dec 15, 2008
- EfficacySlight
- Side-effectsModerate
- Muscle spasms
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 08, 2009.