Dicyclomine Treatment Report
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What is Dicyclomine?
Dicyclomine is an anticholinergic medication used to treat the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. It relieves muscle spasms in the gastrointestinal tract.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) | 15 |
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4 | |||
| ibs | 11 |
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1 | ||||
| Bowel problems | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Stomach pain | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| spasms in the colon | 3 | 0 |
See all 45 patients currently taking Dicyclomine
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Dicyclomine. See all 15 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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5 | 71% |
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Side effects too severe
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3 | 43% |
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Personal research
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1 | 14% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- Dirty Butter
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
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- Dirty Butter
- 80 mg daily
- since Sep 10, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
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Side Effects
None
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- hildaba
- Sex: F
- Depression: 3
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 1
- Anxiety: 3
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Low
- 52 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Moderate
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- hildaba
- 20 mg daily
- since Mar 25, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for ibs
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Side Effects
None
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- andi114
- Sex: F
- Pain: Some
- Fatigue: Most
- Sleep: Most
- Stiffness: Little
- function: Some
- external_stress: Most
- Stickman: most
- Description:F44y
- FM:1y Dx
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- andi114
- 80 mg daily
- since Feb 18, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
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Side Effects
Mild
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See all 7 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.