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What is Bentyl?

This is one of the brands of Dicyclomine, which alleviates the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
ibs 11 0
Bowel problems 7 0
Stomach pain 3 0
spasms in the colon 3 0
Other 3 1
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) 2 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 33%
None
2 67%

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Bentyl. See all 11 dosages

  10mg as needed 20 mg all the time (24/7) 20mg as needed 4 mg daily 10 daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Bentyl (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
5 100% Did not seem to work: 100%
Side effects too severe
2 40% Side effects too severe: 40%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Bentyl

Currently Taking Bentyl

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
1
2
6
7
3

Stopped Taking Bentyl

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 33%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
2 67%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
2 67%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.