Baklofen Viatris
This medicine helps relax muscles and reduce muscle stiffness or spasms caused by conditions like MS, stroke, or spinal cord injuries.
How to Use
Dosage
Adults usually start with 15 mg daily, divided into 3 doses. The dose is slowly increased to 30-80 mg per day, split into 2-4 doses. For children, the dose depends on their weight, starting very low (around 0.3 mg/kg daily) and gradually increasing.
Method
Take the tablets with a meal and swallow them with liquid. If needed, the tablets can be broken into smaller pieces. Always follow your doctor's instructions.
The typical maximum daily dose is 80 mg for adults, but your doctor might prescribe more. For children under 8 years, the maximum is 40 mg daily; for children over 8 years, it's 60 mg daily.
Possible Side Effects
- •Feeling sleepy or calm
- •Drowsiness
- •Nausea (feeling sick)
- •Dizziness, tiredness, exhaustion
- •Headache, trouble sleeping
- •Weakness in arms and legs, muscle pain
- •Eye twitching
- •Dry mouth
- •Stomach upset, nausea, vomiting, constipation, diarrhea, retching
- •Rash, heavy sweating
- •Increased urination, bedwetting
- •Difficulty breathing
- •Confusion
- •Feeling overly happy
- •Feeling sad (depression)
- •Loss of coordination affecting balance, walking, limb and eye movements, and/or speech (ataxia symptoms)
- •Tremors
- •Seeing or hearing things that are not there (hallucinations)
- •Nightmares
- •Blurred vision/other vision problems
- •Shortness of breath at rest or when moving, swollen legs and tiredness (signs of heart failure)
- •Low blood pressure (hypotension)
- •Difficulty or pain when urinating, or sudden decrease in urine output
- •Seizures (especially in people with epilepsy)
- •Stomach pain, yellowing of skin or eyes, and tiredness (signs of liver problems)
- •Tingling or numbness in hands and/or feet, speech difficulties, taste disturbances
- •Sudden decrease in urine output
- •Inability to get or keep an erection (impotence)
- •Low body temperature
Important Warnings
- Do not use if you are allergic to baclofen or any other ingredients in this medicine.
- Discuss with your doctor if you have conditions causing confusion or depression.
- Discuss with your doctor if you have epilepsy (seizures).
- Discuss with your doctor if you have severe stomach or bowel pain, breathing problems, liver disease, or circulation issues in the brain.
- Discuss with your doctor if you have kidney disease.
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- Do not use this medicine if you are pregnant unless your doctor specifically tells you to.
- Discuss with your doctor if you have a history of alcohol abuse, drink too much alcohol, or have a history of drug abuse or addiction.
- If you have thoughts of harming yourself or suicide, contact your doctor immediately or go to a hospital.
- If you experience increased sleepiness, confusion, muscle jerks, or coma, seek medical attention immediately, as these could be signs of reduced brain function.
- Do not stop taking this medicine suddenly without talking to your doctor first.
Use in Elderly Patients
Avoid use in older adults. Reduce the dose already in mild renal impairment. Significant adverse effects include sedation, confusion, depression, nightmares, muscular weakness and hypotension. Increases risk of falls. (updated 16.9.2024)