241 patient evaluations for Baclofen

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Aug 20, 2008 (Started Nov 04, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue, muscle weakness, frequent urination)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: Be very slow in your increase on this drug and you must wean yourself off if you need to stop. Make sure to discuss this with your doctor.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: muscle weakness, frequent urination, fatigue

  • 6 helpful marks

Nov 9, 2009 (Started Mar 20, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (fatigue, shallow breathing, sleepiness, frequent urination, muscle weakness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 4 mg Weekly
Advice & Tips: This is a great medication for the treatment of spasticity. However, you should seriously weigh the burden of your spasticity against the burden of increased sleepiness and fatigue. For me, I'd rather have spasticity than miss out on the joys of life because I'm too tired to notice.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: frequent urination, fatigue, shallow breathing, muscle weakness, sleepiness

Aug 20, 2008 (Started Mar 20, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue, shallow breathing, frequent urination, muscle weakness)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: Weekly
Advice & Tips: This works great for spasticity but may cause breathing problems and severe fatigue.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: frequent urination, fatigue, shallow breathing, muscle weakness, sleepiness

  • 4 helpful marks

Feb 24, 2012 (Started Sep 04, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for multiple sclerosis)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (fatigue, staggering gait, weight gain, dry mouth, muscle weakness, sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I have no problems taking Baclofen, but am always mindful how it affects my mobility - which is NOT positive! I find taking a drink of AllCalm before bed much more beneficial for spasms, or restless leg syndrome. It is a Magnesium Citrate drink and works almost straight away! EXCELLENT! It does not affect my mobility.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, fatigue, muscle weakness, dry mouth, sleepiness, staggering gait

Dec 17, 2008 (Started Sep 04, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (fatigue, staggering gait, weight gain, dry mouth, muscle weakness, sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I wouldn't be surprised if this drug was causing some of us to be in a wheelchair - but what do you do with spasms? I find that Magnesium Chelate (All Calm) works wonders! However, you have to boil water and who wants to get out of bed in the middle of the night? Thats when I have to resort to Baclofen!
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: weight gain, fatigue, muscle weakness, dry mouth, sleepiness, staggering gait

  • 4 helpful marks

Aug 19, 2008 (Started Mar 07, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Other)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: do'nt drink alcohol.
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 2 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

Feb 15, 2010 (Started May 05, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (staggering gait)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Baclofen took away the feeling of bugs crawling on me, and helped with spasticity and cramps somewhat. It caused breathing problems and I still had cramps and spasms. I'm now taking over the counter muscle relaxant with better results.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: staggering gait

Jun 7, 2009 (Started May 05, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (staggering gait)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 10 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I see many people have bad adverse effects on the usual, but high doses. They might avoid those, yet still have benefit at lower dose.
Side effects: staggering gait

  • 1 helpful mark

Apr 15, 2010 (Started Nov 21, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: i take at nap time and bed time only cause of the drowsiness
Cost: < $25 monthly

  • 1 helpful mark

Jul 19, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (dizziness)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I was originally prescribed Baclofen 10mg 3x's a day for the spasticity. My Doc gave me the freedom to take it as needed. I did not care for the side effects, it made me dizzy, and very sleepy or dopey. It actually made my balance worse, like I was drunk. I am having a flare up right now and taking the Baclofen made me feel worse than I already do from the flare up. As of last night, it made me so dizzy and effected my balance so bad, I could barely walk in a straight line and it was difficult to even hold my head up. I would've failed a field sobriety test hands down. I stopped taking it as of last night. I still am not doing well, due to the flare up of my MS, but there is a definite improvement by stopping the Baclofen. It did not work for me.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: dizziness

Mar 3, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for stiffness/spasticity)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I originally started taking Baclofen for spasms I was experiencing due to a flare up brought on by a bladder infection. It did not seem to relieve the spasms at all, so I stopped taking it for a while. I recently started taking it again for spacisity in my legs and noticed a definite difference.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: dizziness

  • 1 helpful mark

May 15, 2009 (Started Jan 01, 2004)

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

  • 1 helpful mark

Oct 18, 2009 (Started Apr 07, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for muscle spasms)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (staggering gait, fatigue, dry mouth, muscle weakness, lightheadedness, sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 80 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I don't like the way this medicine makes me feel when takig the prescribed dosage so I altered it some and many of the side affect mentioned above have eased off or even disapeared.
Side effects: staggering gait, dry mouth, sleepiness, lightheadedness, muscle weakness, fatigue, fatigue

  • 1 helpful mark
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