241 patient evaluations for Baclofen

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Mar 10, 2011 (Started Jan 03, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for muscle twitching (fasciculations))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I'm not sure how to evaluate because a couple meds were tweaked and I have more alertness and a slight increase in appetite but I'm not sure which drug helped. I actually take this one for spasms and I don't have them anymore, but that wasn't one of the choices I was given.
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 1, 2011 (Started Sep 04, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Improve mobility)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 40 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I had been on baclofen for years and in the past year I had to keep going up on the dose to the max of 80mg and still did not seem to work. It took me 2 months to wean off this drug and started a new muscle relaxent.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 1, 2011 (Started Nov 12, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 50 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sleepiness, fatigue

Dec 13, 2009 (Started Nov 12, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (fatigue, sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Makes me a little tired and causes me to have more saliva.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sleepiness, fatigue

Sep 16, 2008 (Started Nov 12, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue, sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sleepiness, fatigue
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 20, 2011 (Started Jan 25, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 40 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 19, 2011 (Started Oct 09, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Advice & Tips: It made me feel worse, very unsteady and not myself at all. I have stopped taking it as a result

Nov 15, 2010 (Started Oct 09, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Advice & Tips: Made me feel much worse and affected my mobiliy very badly so stopped taking it and am now considering alternativers
  • 1 helpful mark

Feb 16, 2011 (Started Jul 05, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for muscle spasms)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 0.05 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 7, 2011 (Started Jan 17, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (increased sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: makes me very sleepy, be careful with upping dosage
Side effects: increased sleepiness
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 5, 2011 (Started Sep 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I only take one at night and one in the morning...but the time I notice most spasticity is when I first get out of bed in the morning...so I feel that it really does not benefit me much. I suppose I could set the alarm for a few hours before I get up and take one in advance?!?!? Whatever.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sleepiness, muscle weakness, staggering gait

Jun 25, 2010 (Started Sep 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Don't really notice any difference from before I started taking this drug.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sleepiness, muscle weakness, staggering gait

Jan 12, 2009 (Started Sep 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (staggering gait, muscle weakness, sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I'm still not sure this is doing much for my spasticity/stiffness. I do know that if I take it too often it makes me really sleepy. I have not really experienced any other side effects that I can think of.
Side effects: sleepiness, muscle weakness, staggering gait
  • 2 helpful marks

Nov 20, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for muscle spasms)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly

May 20, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for muscle spasms)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 27, 2009 (Started Apr 20, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: Even taking the smallest dosage, I felt it made me really weak.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
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