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What is Excedrin?

Excedrin is an over-the-counter headache pain reliever, typically in the form of tablets or caplets. It contains acetaminophen, aspirin, and caffeine, and is manufactured by Novartis. It's one of the top ten selling over-the-counter medicine brands.

Novartis's Excedrin site

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Migraine headaches 23 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Headaches 10 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Pain 6 0
Other 5 0
Non-specific all over muscle pain 1 0
General health 1 0

See all 50 patients currently taking Excedrin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 2
None
 5

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Excedrin

Headache aggravated 2
Bladder problems 1
Stomach pain 1
Jittery feeling 1
Stomach upset 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Excedrin. See all 18 dosages ►

  4 x 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg as needed mg as needed 500mg as needed 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg as needed 250mg-250mg-65mg as needed 3 250mg-250mg-65mg as needed 2 250mg-250mg-65mg as needed 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg daily 2 x 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg daily 6 x 250 mg-250 mg-65 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 20 Number of Patients: 20 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Excedrin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2   Other: 67%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 33%

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

Currently Taking Excedrin

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

Stopped Taking Excedrin

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Excedrin

Always
 5 63%
Usually
 3 38%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Excedrin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 3 38%
Not at all
 5 63%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Excedrin

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

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Report created on May 28, 2012.