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What is asenapine?

Asenapine is an atypical antipsychotic used for acute treatment of schizophrenia in adults and acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in adults. It is available as a tablet that should be dissolved underneath the tongue two times per day.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Bipolar Disorder 16 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Bipolar I Disorder 8 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Major Depressive Disorder 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Bipolar rapid cycling 3 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Depression with anxiety 3 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Insomnia 2 1 Efficacy_major

See all 22 patients currently taking asenapine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 13
Moderate
 2
Mild
 9
None
 5

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

Weight gain 8
Muscle aches 2
Bad taste in mouth 2
Hunger 2
Tongue sores 2
Nausea 2
See all 22 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  5mg as needed 1 mcg daily 1 mg daily 1 other daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 8 Number of Patients: 8 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking asenapine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 13   Side effects too severe: 62%
Did not seem to work 6   Did not seem to work: 29%
Expense 3   Expense: 14%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 10%
Other 2   Other: 10%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 10%

See all 21 patients who’ve stopped taking asenapine

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

Currently Taking asenapine

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

Stopped Taking asenapine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of asenapine

Always
 25 86%
Usually
 3 10%
Sometimes
 1 3%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of asenapine

Very
 5 17%
Somewhat
 7 24%
A little
 7 24%
Not at all
 10 34%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of asenapine

$200+
 1 6%
$100-199
 3 18%
$50-99
 3 18%
$25-49
 1 6%
< $25
 9 53%

Report created on February 11, 2012.