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What is Thalidomide?

Thalidomide is an immunosuppressant agent that is used in the treatment of multiple myeloma. Off label it is used for Crohn's disease; graft-versus-host reactions after bone marrow transplant; Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia; AIDS-related aphthous stomatitis.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Prurigo Nodularis 1 1 Efficacy_none

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 0

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

Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Thalidomide (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Thalidomide

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

Stopped Taking Thalidomide

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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
0

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Thalidomide

Always
 1 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Thalidomide

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Thalidomide

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

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Report created on February 12, 2012.