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What is Verapamil?

Verapamil is a calcium channel blocker used to treat irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias) and high blood pressure. It relaxes your blood vessels so your heart does not have to pump as hard. It also increases the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart to control chest pain (angina).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Elevated blood pressure 52 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Migraine headaches 51 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 28 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Headaches 10 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Cluster Headaches 8 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
Migraine 7 1 Efficacy_major

See all 175 patients currently taking Verapamil

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 10
Moderate
 3
Mild
 7
None
 22

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

Constipation 5
Bowel problems 2
Nausea 1
Low blood pressure 1
Dizziness 1
Tremor in hands 1
See all 19 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Verapamil. See all 31 dosages ►

  40 mg daily 80 mg daily 100 mg/24 hours daily 120 mg daily 120 mg/24 hours daily 180 mg daily 180 mg/24 hours daily 240 mg/24 hours daily 240 mg daily 360 mg daily
  8 Number of Patients: 8 8 Number of Patients: 8 12 Number of Patients: 12 19 Number of Patients: 19 15 Number of Patients: 15 10 Number of Patients: 10 13 Number of Patients: 13 15 Number of Patients: 15 39 Number of Patients: 39 9 Number of Patients: 9  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Verapamil (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 15   Doctor's advice: 33%
Side effects too severe 15   Side effects too severe: 33%
Did not seem to work 12   Did not seem to work: 27%
Other 8   Other: 18%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 2%
Expense 1   Expense: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 2%

See all 44 patients who’ve stopped taking Verapamil

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

Currently Taking Verapamil

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

Stopped Taking Verapamil

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Verapamil

Always
 37 88%
Usually
 3 7%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 2 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Verapamil

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 2%
A little
 5 12%
Not at all
 36 86%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Verapamil

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 4 15%
< $25
 23 85%

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Report created on May 23, 2012.