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What is Diltiazem?

Diltiazem is a class of medications called calcium-channel blockers. When taken orally it is used to treat hypertension and chronic stable angina (chest pain). By injection it is used to treat atrial fibrillation or flutter and tachycardia. Off label it is used for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Elevated blood pressure 51 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Atrial Fibrillation 14 1 Efficacy_major
Other 12 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Heart arrhythmias 5 3 Efficacy_major
Prinzmetal Angina 4 1 Efficacy_moderate
Angina pain 3 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 135 patients currently taking Diltiazem

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 4
Mild
 1
None
 16

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

Headaches 2
Nausea 2
Weight gain 1
Night sweats 1
Feeling of heart pounding 1
Sleeplessness 1
See all 10 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Diltiazem. See all 23 dosages ►

  60 mg daily 120 mg/24 hours daily 120 mg daily 180 mg/24 hours daily 180 mg daily 240 mg daily 240 mg/24 hours daily 300 mg/24 hours daily 360 mg/24 hours daily 2 x 240 mg/24 hours daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 16 Number of Patients: 16 26 Number of Patients: 26 15 Number of Patients: 15 5 Number of Patients: 5 8 Number of Patients: 8 27 Number of Patients: 27 8 Number of Patients: 8 8 Number of Patients: 8 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Diltiazem (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 14   Doctor's advice: 61%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 17%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 13%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 13%
Other 3   Other: 13%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 9%

See all 21 patients who’ve stopped taking Diltiazem

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

Currently Taking Diltiazem

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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 Diltiazem

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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 Diltiazem

Always
 19 86%
Usually
 1 5%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 2 9%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Diltiazem

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 5%
A little
 1 5%
Not at all
 20 91%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Diltiazem

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 7%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 13 93%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.