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Brand Names: Flexeril

What is Cyclobenzaprine? Cyclobenzaprine is a centrally-acting muscle relaxant used in the treatment of painful musculo-skeletal spasms. Read more...Click to read more below

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Reasons Taken

99 patients in the community are taking or have taken Cyclobenzaprine.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Stiffness/spasticity 42 45%
Other 28 30%
Pain 8 8%
General health 2 2%
Fibromyalgia 2 2%
Muscle cramping, spasms 2 2%
Don't know 1 1%
Restless legs when trying to sleep 1 1%
Awakening due to pain 1 1%
Muscle spasms, lower back 1 1%
Back pain 1 1%
disease-related symptoms 1 1%
Aching/Burning/Throbbing/Buzzing tendon body pain 1 1%
Mobility 1 1%
Slow my MS progress 1 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Cyclobenzaprine.

  0 mg day 0 mg none 5 mg day 10 mg day 15 mg day 20 mg day 30 mg day 40 mg day 50 mg day
  4 Number of Patients: 4 45 Number of Patients: 45 4 Number of Patients: 4 16 Number of Patients: 16 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

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

Currently taking Cyclobenzaprine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
6
6
12
8
9
19

Stopped taking Cyclobenzaprine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
5
4
2
3
0
3
Why Patients Stopped Taking Cyclobenzaprine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 7 44% Did not seem to work: 44%
Course of treatment ended 4 25% Course of treatment ended: 25%
Doctor's advice 2 13% Doctor's advice: 13%
Other 2 13% Other: 13%
Personal research 1 6% Personal research: 6%
Side effects too severe 1 6% Side effects too severe: 6%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 5 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 67% 2
Moderate 33% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 20% 1
Mild 0% 0
None 80% 4

Top reported side-effects include: Drowsiness, sleepiness, Poor Concentration

Summary results are based on 5 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 5)

  • cureseeker
    Sensation: moderate
    Overall: mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: none
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • by cureseeker
    Aug 18, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other
Advice/Tips
dosages above 10mg result in very dry mouth, requiring extra dental care

  • D'awesome
    Flare-up: severe
    Sensation: moderate
    Overall: mild
    Cognition: mild
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • D'awesome
  • by D'awesome
    Aug 26, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Stiffness/spasticity
Advice/Tips
Take early in the evening... by 10pm, so that you have a full 8hrs to sleep. Better yet, use Zanaflex.... it's more effective.

See all evaluation results for Cyclobenzaprine



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