Caffeine Treatment Report
See also: Orphenadrine-aspirin-caffeine
What is Caffeine?
Caffeine is a mild stimulant found in a range of popular drinks such as tea, coffee, and carbonated soft drinks. It has positive effects on mental alertness and concentration. Overuse can cause anxiety and insomnia, however. Some 90% of Americans use caffeine every day.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Other | 14 |
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2 | |||
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 12 |
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2 | ||||
| Problems concentrating | 10 |
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3 | ||
| Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) | 7 |
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4 | ||
| Difficulty waking up | 7 |
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2 | |||
| Sleepiness | 4 |
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2 |
See all 62 patients currently taking Caffeine
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Caffeine. See all 25 dosages ►
| 100mg as needed | 1 hr all the time (24/7) | 200 mg as needed | 200mg as needed | 20 mg all the time (24/7) | 400 mg as needed | 500 mg as needed | citrate20mg/mL as needed | daily | 2 tps. weekly | 1 mg daily | 2 dose daily | 2 other daily | 3 other daily | 6 mg daily | 20 mg daily | 32 mg daily | 60 mg daily | 80 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 200 mg daily | 300 mg daily | 450 mg daily | 500 mg daily | 1200 mg daily | ||
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2
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1
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1
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15
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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5
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1
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1
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2
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4
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11
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Doctor's advice
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3 | 43% |
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Side effects too severe
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2 | 29% |
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Other
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2 | 29% |
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Expense
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1 | 14% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 11 patient evaluations
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- fragiletruth
- Sex: F
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 0
- Mania: 2
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: Low
- 24 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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- fragiletruth
- since Aug 18, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)
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Side Effects
Mild
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- stargeek
- Sex: M
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 1
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Severe
- 40 M
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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- stargeek
- 450 mg daily
- since Aug 18, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
Moderate
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- brokeninpieces
- Sex: F
- Depression: 2
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 3
- Anxiety: 3
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 3
- External Stress: Severe
- 23 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Moderate
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- brokeninpieces
- since Jun 14, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Problems concentrating
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Side Effects
None
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See all 11 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.