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What is Cyclobenzaprine?

Cyclobenzaprine is a centrally-acting skeletal muscle relaxant used in the treatment of muscle spasm associated with acute painful musculoskeletal conditions.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Muscle spasms 637 187 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 545 153 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Pain 247 56 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Sleep problems 165 57 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Stiffness/Spasticity 145 35 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Back pain 111 34 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none

See all 1637 patients currently taking Cyclobenzaprine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 30
Moderate
 86
Mild
 139
None
 200

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

Drowsiness 76
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 44
Hangover effect 32
Poor Concentration 24
Sleepiness 18
Constipation 17
See all 77 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Cyclobenzaprine. See all 63 dosages ►

  2 10mg as needed 3 10mg as needed 10mg as needed 5mg as needed 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily
  12 Number of Patients: 12 15 Number of Patients: 15 309 Number of Patients: 309 111 Number of Patients: 111 122 Number of Patients: 122 485 Number of Patients: 485 81 Number of Patients: 81 180 Number of Patients: 180 222 Number of Patients: 222 18 Number of Patients: 18  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Cyclobenzaprine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 168   Did not seem to work: 37%
Other 99   Other: 22%
Doctor's advice 87   Doctor's advice: 19%
Side effects too severe 74   Side effects too severe: 16%
Course of treatment ended 60   Course of treatment ended: 13%
Expense 15   Expense: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 9   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Personal research 8   Personal research: 2%
Not indicated 5   Not indicated: 1%

See all 434 patients who’ve stopped taking Cyclobenzaprine

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

Currently Taking Cyclobenzaprine

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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 Cyclobenzaprine

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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 Cyclobenzaprine

Always
 259 57%
Usually
 122 27%
Sometimes
 65 14%
Never
 9 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Cyclobenzaprine

Very
 13 3%
Somewhat
 35 8%
A little
 68 15%
Not at all
 339 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Cyclobenzaprine

$200+
 3 1%
$100-199
 2 1%
$50-99
 3 1%
$25-49
 26 8%
< $25
 292 90%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.