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What is Fenofibrate?

Fenofibrate is an antilipemic agent that is used as adjunct to dietary therapy for the treatment of adults with elevations of serum triglyceride levels (types IV and V hyperlipidemia) and adjunct to dietary therapy for the reduction of low density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
High triglycerides 15 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
High Cholesterol 12 0
Other 5 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Hypertriglyceridemia 5 2 Efficacy_slight
Support heart health 3 0
Support circulatory health 1 0

See all 44 patients currently taking Fenofibrate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 6

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Fenofibrate

Pain in shoulders 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Fenofibrate. See all 12 dosages ►

  43 mg daily 54 mg daily 67 mg daily 120 mg daily 130 mg daily 134 mg daily 145 mg daily 150 mg daily 160 mg daily 200 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 19 Number of Patients: 19 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Fenofibrate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4   Other: 50%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 25%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 25%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 13%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 13%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 13%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Fenofibrate

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Fenofibrate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Fenofibrate

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Fenofibrate

Always
 5 71%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 2 29%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Fenofibrate

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 7 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Fenofibrate

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 100%

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Report created on May 23, 2012.