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What is ACC 600?

Acetylcysteine is a mucolytic agent used to treat abnormal or viscid mucous secretions. It is also an antidote for acute acetaminophen toxicity. Off label it is used to prevent renal failure induced by a reaction to radio-contrast dye and to treat distal intestinal obstruction syndrome.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
excess mucus/saliva 2 0
general health 1 0

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Dosages

  600 mg daily 1200 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking ACC 600 (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 100% Did not seem to work: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking ACC 600

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking ACC 600

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
0
0
1
0

Stopped Taking ACC 600

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0
1

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$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 November 22, 2009.