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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Muscle spasms 30 5
Muscle Pain 13 4
Pain 5 1
Sleeplessness 5 1
Support another treatment 4 0
Other 4 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
3 38%
Mild
1 13%
None
4 50%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sleepiness
4 50%
Constipation
2 25%
Dry mouth (xerostomia)
2 25%
Urinary frequency
1 13%
Made me wobbly when walking
1 13%
Fatigue
1 13%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Baclofen. See all 12 dosages ►

  10 mg all the time (24/7) 10mg as needed 5 20mg as needed 0.15 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 15 Number of Patients: 15 7 Number of Patients: 7 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Baclofen (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 100% Did not seem to work: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Baclofen

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Baclofen

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
6
3
13
5
16

Stopped Taking Baclofen

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
7 88%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
1 13%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 13%
A little
2 25%
Not at all
5 63%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 13%
< $25
5 63%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.