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What is Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine?

This is a combination product of butalbital, acetaminophen, and caffeine used to for relief of the symptomatic complex of tension or muscle contraction headache.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Migraine headaches 111 27 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Headaches 57 15 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain 13 2 Efficacy_moderate
Migraine 10 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Prevent migraine 6 1 Efficacy_major
Other 5 0

See all 202 patients currently taking Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 5
Mild
 14
None
 32

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

Sleepiness 3
Fatigue 3
Rebound headaches 2
Brain fog 1
Headaches 1
Inability to concentrate 1
See all 19 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine. See all 33 dosages ►

  325mg-50mg-40mg as needed 2 325mg-50mg-40mg as needed 750mg-50mg-40mg as needed 500mg-50mg-40mg as needed 50mg as needed 325 mg-50 mg-40 mg daily 2 x 325 mg-50 mg-40 mg daily 3 x 325 mg-50 mg-40 mg daily 4 x 325 mg-50 mg-40 mg daily 6 x 325 mg-50 mg-40 mg daily
  95 Number of Patients: 95 28 Number of Patients: 28 3 Number of Patients: 3 9 Number of Patients: 9 4 Number of Patients: 4 18 Number of Patients: 18 7 Number of Patients: 7 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 16   Did not seem to work: 40%
Doctor's advice 13   Doctor's advice: 33%
Other 6   Other: 15%
Course of treatment ended 6   Course of treatment ended: 15%
Expense 2   Expense: 5%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 5%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 3%

See all 39 patients who’ve stopped taking Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

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

Currently Taking Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

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Stopped Taking Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

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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 Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

Always
 34 63%
Usually
 10 19%
Sometimes
 7 13%
Never
 3 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

Very
 3 6%
Somewhat
 1 2%
A little
 8 15%
Not at all
 42 78%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Butalbital-acetaminophen-caffeine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 5 15%
< $25
 28 85%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.