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What is Levocetirizine?

Levocetirizine is a used to provide relief of symptoms of perennial and seasonal allergic rhinitis; treatment of skin manifestations (uncomplicated) of chronic idiopathic urticaria.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Allergies 12 2 Efficacy_none
Other 7 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Itching (pruritus) 4 1 Efficacy_major
Hives (urticaria) 3 2 Efficacy_major
Seasonal allergy symptoms 3 0
Allergic to environment and chemicals 3 2 Efficacy_slight

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 6

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

Sleepiness 1
Drowsiness 1

Reported Dosages

  5mg as needed mg as needed 0.5 mg daily 2 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 40 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 21 Number of Patients: 21 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Levocetirizine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 33%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 17%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 17%
Other 1   Other: 17%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 17%

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

Currently Taking Levocetirizine

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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

Stopped Taking Levocetirizine

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Levocetirizine

Always
 7 88%
Usually
 1 13%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Levocetirizine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 4 50%
Not at all
 4 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Levocetirizine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 33%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 67%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.