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What is Baclofen?

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
Stiffness/Spasticity 13 1
Treat Parkinson's 6 0
Other 5 0
Muscle spasms 3 1
Muscle cramping, spasms 1 1
disease-related symptoms 1 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 25%
None
3 75%

Most commonly reported side effects

Dry mouth (xerostomia)
1 25%
Sleepiness
1 25%
Fatigue
1 25%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  daily 0.1 mg daily 0.15 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Baclofen (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
5 42% Did not seem to work: 42%
Side effects too severe
3 25% Side effects too severe: 25%
Other
2 17% Other: 17%
Not indicated
2 17% Not indicated: 17%
Doctor's advice
1 8% Doctor's advice: 8%
Course of treatment ended
1 8% Course of treatment ended: 8%

See all 11 patients who’ve stopped taking Baclofen

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Baclofen

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
2
6
4
3

Stopped Taking Baclofen

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
3 75%
Usually
1 25%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 25%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
3 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
4 100%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.