Exceptional Parent, The - Oral baclofen
CATEGORY: CEREBRAL PALSY
Anonymous has a 14-year-old son with spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy and wants to hear from families who have tried oral baclofen.
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My son (age six) was on oral baclofen for nearly three years until he received his intrathecal baclofen pump. Oral baclofen was, in our experience, a very effective medication, meaning our son has medium to high spasticity and got full-body relaxation results on a very low dose. However, it caused a lot of side effects, like problems with drowsiness, droopiness, and relaxation of areas we would rather not have seen, like eyelids and the few muscles with normal tone. After he went on the intrathecal baclofen pump, all the side effects went away since the intrathecal baclofen targets only the nerves of the spastic muscles.
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