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What is Lioresal Oral?

Lioresal is a brand name tablet formulation for the drug baclofen is a skeletal muscle relaxant and antispastic agent used for the treatment of reversible spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis or spinal cord lesions.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 5 2
Muscle spasms 2 1
General health 1 0
Swallowing 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 33%
Mild
1 33%
None
1 33%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sleepiness
2 67%
Nervousness
1 33%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  10mg as needed 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 75 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lioresal Oral (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Personal research
1 50% Personal research: 50%
Side effects too severe
1 50% Side effects too severe: 50%
Other
1 50% Other: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Lioresal Oral

Currently Taking Lioresal Oral

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0
2

Stopped Taking Lioresal Oral

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
1
0
1

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 33%
Usually
2 67%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 33%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
2 67%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.