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What is Flupenthixol?

Flupenthixol is an antipsychotic agent used for maintenance therapy of chronic schizophrenic patients whose main manifestations do not include excitement, agitation, or hyperactivity.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Depression with anxiety 3 1 Efficacy_none
Anxious mood 2 1 Efficacy_slight
Bipolar mixed episodes 2 1 Efficacy_none
Depressed mood 1 0
Schizoaffective Disorder 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 0
None
 0

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

Internal Restlessness (Akathisia) 1
Sedation 1
Appetite change 1

Reported Dosages

  1mg as needed 0.5 mg daily 1 mg daily 30 mg every other week
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Flupenthixol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 100%

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

Currently Taking Flupenthixol

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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

Stopped Taking Flupenthixol

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Flupenthixol

Always
 0 0%
Usually
 2 100%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Flupenthixol

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 50%
A little
 1 50%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Flupenthixol

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

Report created on February 11, 2012.