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What is Baclofen?

Baclofen is a skeletal muscle relaxant and anti-spastic agent used for the treatment of reversible spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis or spinal cord lesions.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Stiffness/Spasticity 1796 389 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 1321 126 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Muscle spasms 571 178 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 237 26 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Pain 164 43 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 105 22 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 3339 patients currently taking Baclofen

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 64
Moderate
 114
Mild
 219
None
 355

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

Sleepiness 98
Fatigue 83
Muscle weakness 61
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 48
Constipation 33
Staggering walk 32
See all 121 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Baclofen. See all 156 dosages ►

  10mg as needed daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 120 mg daily
  155 Number of Patients: 155 77 Number of Patients: 77 469 Number of Patients: 469 514 Number of Patients: 514 540 Number of Patients: 540 336 Number of Patients: 336 92 Number of Patients: 92 410 Number of Patients: 410 269 Number of Patients: 269 63 Number of Patients: 63  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Baclofen (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 270   Did not seem to work: 39%
Side effects too severe 208   Side effects too severe: 30%
Other 138   Other: 20%
Doctor's advice 82   Doctor's advice: 12%
Course of treatment ended 41   Course of treatment ended: 6%
Personal research 22   Personal research: 3%
Not indicated 18   Not indicated: 3%
Expense 12   Expense: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 9   Change in health plan coverage: 1%

See all 646 patients who’ve stopped taking Baclofen

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

Currently Taking Baclofen

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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 Baclofen

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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 Baclofen

Always
 494 66%
Usually
 164 22%
Sometimes
 63 8%
Never
 31 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Baclofen

Very
 38 5%
Somewhat
 55 7%
A little
 104 14%
Not at all
 555 74%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Baclofen

$200+
 2 0%
$100-199
 4 1%
$50-99
 6 1%
$25-49
 38 7%
< $25
 459 90%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.