237 patient evaluations for Baclofen

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Nov 6, 2010 (Started Sep 23, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for cramps)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for muscle spasms)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Muscle spasms and cramping kept me awake at night. An unexpected positive benefit from the Baclofen is drowsiness. I only take this medication at night.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: drowsiness
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 19, 2010 (Started Jul 09, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for back pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Cost: < $25 monthly

Aug 11, 2010 (Started Jul 09, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for back pain)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: I take it only when My neck/Back pain will not let me sleep.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 12, 2010 (Started Sep 24, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Improve mobility)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 1, 2008 (Started Jan 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for muscle spasms)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: I took baclofen for those nighttime muscle spasms in the calves. I took it as necessary and found that stretching out before bedtime did the same job. One less pill I needed to take, but I have nothing bad to say about it.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 18, 2010 (Started Oct 17, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 17, 2010 (Started Jan 20, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for muscle spasms)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Seemed to help for first 2 weeks but foot & leg muscle cramps continued so I slowly decreased my dosage and stopped. July 2010 kept on taking this drug as a musle relaxer
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 1, 2010 (Started Dec 17, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for muscle spasms)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Caused too much dizzyness.
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 1, 2009 (Started Aug 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 3, 2010 (Started Jun 03, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 20 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Great for spaticity, but i became aware of the weakeness in leg muscles, so i have halved the original dose as a compromise.
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 2, 2010 (Started Aug 07, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 60 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I was having great difficulty walking, even with a walker when I started taking Baclofen, and noticed immediate improvement, mostly in terms of the speed of my walking and longer steps. However, I still have difficulty walking and consider the benefit to me slight to moderate only.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: drowsiness
  • 0 helpful marks
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