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What is Cephadyn?

Cephadyn is a brand name product for the combination of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, acetaminophen and the barbituate, butalbital. It is used 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
Fibromyalgia 2 0
Facial pain 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
Pain 1 0
Migraine headaches 1 0
Other 1 0
Cluster headaches 1 1 Efficacy_moderate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Dosages

  650mg-50mg as needed 3 x 650 mg-50 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Cephadyn (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 1   Other: 100%

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Currently Taking Cephadyn

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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 Cephadyn

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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 Cephadyn

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 1 100%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Cephadyn

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Cephadyn

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 100%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.