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Dicyclomine Treatment Report

Brand Names: Bentyl

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. Read more...Click to read more below

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Reasons taken

51 patients in the community are taking or have taken Dicyclomine.

Top 10 (Show all)

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) 13 25%
ibs 11 21%
Bowel problems 8 15%
Other 4 7%
Stomach pain 4 7%
Gastrointestinal Reflux Disease (GERD) 1 1%
Sharp chest pains 1 1%
General health 1 1%
Constipation 1 1%
Digestive problems 1 1%
spasms in the colon 1 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Dicyclomine.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show top 10)

  10 mg all the time (24/7) 10mg as needed 20 mg all the time (24/7) 20mg as needed 4 10mg as needed as needed 20 mg monthly 4 mg daily 10 daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Dicyclomine or how long patients were taking Dicyclomine before stopping.

Currently Taking Dicyclomine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
0
2
11
7
9

Stopped Taking Dicyclomine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
2
1
2
1
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Dicyclomine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 5 71% Did not seem to work: 71%
Side effects too severe 3 43% Side effects too severe: 43%
Personal research 1 14% Personal research: 14%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 7 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate 100% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 29% 2
None 71% 5

Top reported side-effects include: dry mouth

Summary results are based on 7 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 7)

  • Dirty Butter
    Sex: F
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: mild
    Chest: none
    Legs: mild
    See profile
  • Dirty Butter
  • by Dirty Butter
    Sep 10, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

  • andi114
    Sex: F
    Pain: Most
    Fatigue: All
    Sleep: Most
    Stiffness: All
    function: Some
    external_stress: Most
    Stickman: all
    Description:F44y
    FM:1y Dx
    See profile
  • andi114
  • by andi114
    Feb 18, 2009
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsMild
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

See all evaluation results for Dicyclomine

Report created on November 08, 2009.