What is Amitiza?
Amitza is a brand name for the drug Lubiprostone, a drug used in the treatment of chronic constipation. It works both to soften the stool and initiate bowel movements.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Constipation | 21 |
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3 | |||
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) | 11 |
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2 | |||
| Bowel problems | 5 |
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1 | ||||
| Other | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| General health | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Gastroparesis | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Side effects too severe
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4 | 67% |
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Other
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2 | 33% |
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Expense
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1 | 17% |
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Personal research
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1 | 17% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- wise1
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Severe
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: severe
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- wise1
- 3 24mcg as needed
- since Dec 20, 2008
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Support another treatment
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips the chest pain is unbearable-feels like ur heart is coming through ur ribcage See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.