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What is Prokarin?

Prokarin (formerly known as Procarin) is a drug for multiple sclerosis. It combines a histamine with caffeine.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 5 3 Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fatigue 3 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Heat intolerance 1 1 Efficacy_major
Other 1 0

See all 8 patients currently using Prokarin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 2

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

Itching under the patch 2
Skin irritation under patch 1

Reported Schedules

  0.2 ml daily 1 daily 1.65 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Prokarin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 67%
Expense 2   Expense: 67%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped using Prokarin

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

Stopped Using Prokarin

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Prokarin

Always
 3 75%
Usually
 1 25%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Prokarin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 25%
A little
 1 25%
Not at all
 2 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Prokarin

$200+
 1 50%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on May 24, 2012.