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What is Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine?

This is a combination product of butalbital, acetaminophen, and caffeine used to for relief of the symptomatic complex of tension or muscle contraction headache.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Migraine headaches 100 24 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Headaches 51 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Pain 12 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Migraine 9 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
Prevent migraine 6 1 Efficacy_major
Other 5 0

See all 189 patients currently taking Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 5
Mild
 14
None
 26

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

Sleepiness 3
Fatigue 3
Rebound headaches 2
Headaches 1
Dizziness and feeling faint 1
Jittery feeling 1
See all 13 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine. See all 33 dosages ►

  325mg-50mg-40mg as needed 750mg-50mg-40mg as needed 2 325mg-50mg-40mg as needed 50mg as needed 500mg-50mg-40mg as needed 325 mg-50 mg-40 mg daily 2 x 325 mg-50 mg-40 mg daily 3 x 325 mg-50 mg-40 mg daily 4 x 325 mg-50 mg-40 mg daily 6 x 325 mg-50 mg-40 mg daily
  89 Number of Patients: 89 3 Number of Patients: 3 27 Number of Patients: 27 4 Number of Patients: 4 6 Number of Patients: 6 16 Number of Patients: 16 8 Number of Patients: 8 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 13   Doctor's advice: 39%
Did not seem to work 12   Did not seem to work: 36%
Other 4   Other: 12%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 12%
Expense 2   Expense: 6%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 3%

See all 32 patients who’ve stopped taking Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

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

Currently Taking Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

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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 Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

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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 Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

Always
 31 67%
Usually
 10 22%
Sometimes
 4 9%
Never
 1 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

Very
 2 4%
Somewhat
 1 2%
A little
 6 13%
Not at all
 37 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 5 16%
< $25
 26 84%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.