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What is Carisoprodol?

Carisoprodol is a skeletal muscle relaxant intended for short term use in the treatment of pain caused by muscle spasms.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Stiffness/Spasticity 6 2
Pain, back, wrist, ankle 1 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 50%
None
1 50%

Most commonly reported side effects

Nausea
1 50%
Drowsiness
1 50%
Sleepiness
1 50%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  350 mg daily 700 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Carisoprodol (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 Carisoprodol

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Carisoprodol

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

Stopped Taking Carisoprodol

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 50%
Usually
1 50%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on November 22, 2009.