Table 5.
Symptoms and associated medications use
| Symptom | Number (%) of participants with current symptom |
Associated medication |
Number (%) of participants with current symptom |
Number (%) of participants without current symptom |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
currently taking associated medication |
not currently taking, but previously taken, associated medication |
currently taking associated medication |
|||
| Fatigue | 769 (80) | Amantadine | 33 (4) | 35 (5) | 2 (1) |
| Modafinil | 17 (2) | 16 (2) | 1 (1) | ||
| Bladder | 756 (78) | Desmopressin spray | 6 (1) | 9 (1) | 0 |
| Desmopressin tablets | 5 (1) | 3 (0) | 0 | ||
| Oxybutinin | 93 (12) | 64 (8) | 6 (3) | ||
| Tolterodine | 63 (8) | 25 (3) | 2 (1) | ||
| Trimethoprim | 27 (4) | 35 (5) | 2 (1) | ||
| Pain (including visual pain) | 681 (71) | Amitriptyline | 123 (18) | 85 (12) | 19 (7) |
| Carbemazepine | 39 (6) | 47 (7) | 4 (1) | ||
| Co-codamol | 107 (16) | 117 (17) | 8 (3) | ||
| Gabapentin | 83 (12) | 48 (7) | 5 (2) | ||
| Ibruprofen | 127 (19) | 194 (28) | 28 (10) | ||
| Nabilone | 6 (1) | 7 (1) | 0 | ||
| Paracetamol | 188 (28) | 193 (28) | 28 (10) | ||
| Spasticity | 672 (70) | Baclofen pump | 6 (1) | 1 (0) | 2 (1) |
| Baclofen tablets | 163 (24) | 78 (12) | 17 (6) | ||
| Botulinum toxin | 2 (< 1) | 0 (0) | 0 | ||
| Clonazepam | 24 (4) | 9 (1) | 2 (1) | ||
| Dantrolene | 7 (1) | 5 (1) | 1 (< 1) | ||
| Diazepam | 26 (4) | 64 (10) | 4 (1) | ||
| Tizanidine | 45 (7) | 16 (2) | 2 (1) | ||
| Pain (excluding visual pain) | 670 (69) | Amitriptyline | 123 (18) | 86 (13) | 19 (6) |
| Carbemazepine | 39 (6) | 47 (7) | 4 (1) | ||
| Co-codamol | 104 (16) | 117 (17) | 11 (4) | ||
| Gabapentin | 82 (12) | 48 (7) | 6 (2) | ||
| Ibruprofen | 126 (19) | 189 (28) | 29 (10) | ||
| Nabilone | 6 (1) | 6 (1) | 0 | ||
| Paracetamol | 185 (28) | 192 (29) | 31 (11) | ||
| Depression | 484 (50) | Citalopram | 34 (7) | 15 (3) | 3 (1) |
| Fluoxetine | 47 (10) | 33 (7) | 14 (3) | ||
| Paroxetine | 9 (2) | 12 (3) | 7 (2) | ||
| Sertraline | 13 (3) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | ||
| Constipation | 421 (44) | Fybogel | 32 (8) | 76 (18) | 8 (2) |
| Senna | 65 (15) | 98 (23) | 7 (1) | ||
| Sexual problems | 256 (27) | Viagra | 34 (13) | 16 (6) | 9 (1) |
| Sexual problems (males only) | 129 (541) | Viagra | 34 (26) | 15 (12) | 9 (1) |
| Tremor | 248 (26) | Propranolol | 10 (4) | 7 (3) | 5 (1) |
1 54% of males in study sample.