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What is Atropine?

Atropine is an anticholinergic agent used to inhibit salivation and secretions. The injectable form is also used to treat the symptoms of sinus bradycardia (slow heart beat), other cardiac conditions and as an antidote for certain insecticides and nerve agents. It is also available in eye drops.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Excess saliva 20 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 5 1 Efficacy_moderate
Drooling 2 1 Efficacy_slight
General health 1 0
Doctor recommendation 1 0

See all 17 patients currently taking Atropine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 1
None
 3

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

Blurry vision 1
Jumpy feeling 1
Injection site itching 1
Mucus in throat 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Atropine. See all 17 dosages ►

  2other as needed 0.5 g daily 1 g daily 2 other daily 2 daily 3 g daily 3.2 mg daily 4 g daily 14 other daily 20 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Atropine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 43%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 29%
Other 2   Other: 29%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Atropine

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

Currently Taking Atropine

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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
0

Stopped Taking Atropine

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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 Atropine

Always
 3 50%
Usually
 1 17%
Sometimes
 1 17%
Never
 1 17%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Atropine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 2 33%
Not at all
 4 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Atropine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 5 100%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.