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What is Dexamethasone?

A corticosteroid primarily as an anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressant agent in the treatment of a variety of diseases including those of allergic, dermatologic, endocrine, hematologic, inflammatory, neoplastic, nervous system, renal, respiratory, rheumatic, and autoimmune origin.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 11 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Relapse MS (exacerbation) 10 5 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 9 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Increase effect of another treatment 3 1 Efficacy_major
Inflammation 2 0
Fibromyalgia 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 30 patients currently taking Dexamethasone

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 5
Moderate
 6
Mild
 5
None
 4

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

Breathing difficulty 2
Head pressure 2
Constipation 2
Difficulty sleeping through night 1
Loss of sense of taste 1
Elevated blood pressure 1
See all 36 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Dexamethasone. See all 24 dosages ►

  4 mg weekly 2 mg daily 96 mg monthly 4 mg daily 4 mg one time 4.5 mg daily 200 mg monthly 8 mg daily 12 mg daily 18 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Dexamethasone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 28   Course of treatment ended: 74%
Doctor's advice 9   Doctor's advice: 24%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 11%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 11%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 5%
Other 1   Other: 3%
Expense 1   Expense: 3%

See all 37 patients who’ve stopped taking Dexamethasone

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

Currently Taking Dexamethasone

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

Stopped Taking Dexamethasone

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Dexamethasone

Always
 19 95%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 5%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Dexamethasone

Very
 2 10%
Somewhat
 3 15%
A little
 2 10%
Not at all
 13 65%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Dexamethasone

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 5 50%
< $25
 5 50%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.