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What is Etanercept?

Etanercept, an antirheumatic drug, is used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. It is also used for moderate to severe juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in patients with inadequate response to other antirheumatic drugs; psoriatic arthritis; and active ankylosing spondylitis.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis) 110 34 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Psoriatic Arthritis 41 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Psoriasis 29 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Ankylosing Spondylitis 18 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Rheumatoid Arthritis 14 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 3 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 171 patients currently taking Etanercept

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Etanercept. See all 13 dosages ►

  50 mg 25 mg weekly 50 mg every other week 25 mg/0.5 mL weekly 2 x 25 mg/0.5 mL weekly 50 mg weekly 25 mg/0.5 mL m,w,f 100 mg weekly 25 mg daily 50 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 139 Number of Patients: 139 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Etanercept (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 44   Did not seem to work: 47%
Side effects too severe 25   Side effects too severe: 27%
Doctor's advice 23   Doctor's advice: 25%
Other 17   Other: 18%
Expense 7   Expense: 8%
Change in health plan coverage 4   Change in health plan coverage: 4%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 2%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 1%

See all 89 patients who’ve stopped taking Etanercept

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

Currently Taking Etanercept

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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 Etanercept

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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 Etanercept

Always
 71 88%
Usually
 6 7%
Sometimes
 1 1%
Never
 3 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Etanercept

Very
 5 6%
Somewhat
 19 23%
A little
 19 23%
Not at all
 38 47%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Etanercept

$200+
 6 10%
$100-199
 2 3%
$50-99
 9 16%
$25-49
 14 24%
< $25
 27 47%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.