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What is Fingolimod?

Fingolimod is used to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) by decreasing the number of MS flare-ups (relapses).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 313 96 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
to slow down progression 19 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Chills/fever 2 0
underlying causes of MS 1 1 Efficacy_major
Urinary frequency 1 0
Support immune health 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 292 patients currently taking Fingolimod

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 17
Moderate
 11
Mild
 27
None
 47

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

Headaches 7
Nausea 6
Fatigue 5
Dizziness 3
Flu like symptoms 3
Hair loss 3
See all 95 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Fingolimod. See all 24 dosages ►

  0.05 mg daily 0.5 mg daily 1 cap(s) daily 1 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 500 mcg daily
  19 Number of Patients: 19 188 Number of Patients: 188 22 Number of Patients: 22 14 Number of Patients: 14 17 Number of Patients: 17 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Fingolimod (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 21   Side effects too severe: 45%
Doctor's advice 17   Doctor's advice: 36%
Did not seem to work 12   Did not seem to work: 26%
Other 9   Other: 19%
Expense 3   Expense: 6%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 2%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 2%

See all 45 patients who’ve stopped taking Fingolimod

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

Currently Taking Fingolimod

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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 Fingolimod

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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 Fingolimod

Always
 97 95%
Usually
 1 1%
Sometimes
 1 1%
Never
 3 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Fingolimod

Very
 3 3%
Somewhat
 4 4%
A little
 3 3%
Not at all
 92 90%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Fingolimod

$200+
 7 8%
$100-199
 6 7%
$50-99
 8 9%
$25-49
 11 13%
< $25
 55 63%

Report created on May 23, 2012.