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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%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Baclofen.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show top 10)

  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 12 Number of Patients: 12 15 Number of Patients: 15 7 Number of Patients: 7 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Baclofen or how long patients were taking Baclofen before stopping.

Currently Taking Baclofen

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
4
4
15
5
14

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
2
Why Patients Stopped Taking Baclofen (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2 100% Did not seem to work: 100%
Doctor's advice 1 50% Doctor's advice: 50%

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

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)

  • Kpain
    Sex: F
    Pain: Most
    Fatigue: All
    Sleep: All
    Stiffness: All
    function: Little
    external_stress: All
    Stickman: all
    Description:F50y
    FM:10y Dx
  • Kpain
  • by Kpain
    May 31, 2009
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsModerate
  • Muscle spasms
Advice/Tips
Be prepared for fatigue and some problems with memory

  • 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
  • hskiles
  • by hskiles
    Dec 15, 2008
  • EfficacySlight
  • Side-effectsModerate
  • Muscle spasms

See all evaluation results for Baclofen

Report created on November 08, 2009.