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What is Indomethacin?

Indomethacin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to treat acute gouty arthritis, acute bursitis/tendonitis, moderate to severe osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 11 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Headaches 7 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Migraine headaches 5 0
Gout 5 1 Efficacy_moderate
Ankylosing Spondylitis 3 1 Efficacy_slight
Hemicrania continua 2 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 46 patients currently taking Indomethacin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 5
Moderate
 5
Mild
 4
None
 10

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

Nausea 3
Heartburn 1
Bowel problems 1
Dizziness 1
Anemia 1
Elevated blood pressure 1
See all 17 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Indomethacin. See all 12 dosages ►

  50mg as needed 25mg as needed 25 mg monthly 50 mg monthly 50 mg weekly 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily
  7 Number of Patients: 7 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 6 Number of Patients: 6 6 Number of Patients: 6 6 Number of Patients: 6 7 Number of Patients: 7  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Indomethacin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 7   Did not seem to work: 26%
Side effects too severe 6   Side effects too severe: 22%
Course of treatment ended 6   Course of treatment ended: 22%
Other 6   Other: 22%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 19%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 4%
Expense 1   Expense: 4%

See all 26 patients who’ve stopped taking Indomethacin

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

Currently Taking Indomethacin

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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 Indomethacin

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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 Indomethacin

Always
 20 83%
Usually
 2 8%
Sometimes
 2 8%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Indomethacin

Very
 1 4%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 3 13%
Not at all
 20 83%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Indomethacin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 6%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 15 94%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.