PatientsLikeMe : Cyclobenzaprine Treatment Report

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Taking Cyclobenzaprine
122 Patients currently take Cyclobenzaprine
24 Patients stopped taking Cyclobenzaprine
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 since Mar 04, 2002
LITTLE C Sensation: moderate Overall: mild Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: mild Swallowing: none Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile LITTLE C 10mg as needed since Oct 10, 2005
mballard30 Sensation: moderate Overall: none Cognition: mild Vision: none Speech: none Swallowing: none Upper limb: mild Walking: moderate See profile mballard30 Flexeril, 10mg daily since May 22, 2008

Brand Names: Flexeril
Generic Name: Cyclobenzaprine

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

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Reasons Taken

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

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Stiffness/spasticity	51	37%
Other	44	32%
Pain	9	6%
General health	4	2%
Muscle tension	3	2%
Don't know	2	1%
disease-related symptoms	2	1%
Back pain	2	1%
Muscle cramping, spasms	2	1%
Fibromyalgia	2	1%
Cramps, foot and leg	1	<1%
Awakening due to pain	1	<1%
Muscle spasms, lower back	1	<1%
muscle spasms and pain at night	1	<1%
Pain, leg	1	<1%
Cramps	1	<1%
Slowness	1	<1%
Spasms	1	<1%
psuedosciatica	1	<1%
Restless legs when trying to sleep	1	<1%
Aching/Burning/Throbbing/Buzzing tendon body pain	1	<1%
Mobility	1	<1%
Treat Parkinson's	1	<1%
Slow my MS progress	1	<1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Cyclobenzaprine.

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0 mg day	0 mg none	5 mg day	0 mg none	10 mg day	15 mg day	20 mg day	30 mg day	40 mg day	50 mg day	60 mg day	80 mg day	100 mg day
5	64	4	1	23	1	6	7	2	1	1	1	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
7	9	20	11	16	29

Stopped taking Cyclobenzaprine

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
5	7	3	5	2	3

Why Patients Stopped Taking Cyclobenzaprine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work	9	38%
Course of treatment ended	5	21%
Doctor's advice	4	17%
Other	4	17%
Personal research	2	8%
Side effects too severe	2	8%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 11 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	33%	2
Moderate	33%	2
Slight	33%	2

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	27%	3
Mild	18%	2
None	55%	6

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

Summary results are based on 11 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 11)

cureseeker

Sensation: moderate

Overall: mild

Cognition: moderate

Vision: moderate

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: none

Walking: moderate

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by cureseeker
Aug 18, 2008