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What is Aciphex? Aciphex is a brand name for the drug Rabeprazole, a proton pump inhibitor used in the treatment of gastric ulcers or heartburn. Aciphex is a brand name owned by Ortho-McNeill. Read more...Click to read more below

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Ortho-McNeill's Aciphex site


Reasons Taken

45 patients in the community are taking or have taken Aciphex.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 24 53%
Acid reflux (gastroesophageal reflux disease GERD) 12 26%
General health 5 11%
Heartburn 1 2%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Aciphex.

  0 mg day 5 mg day 10 mg day 20 mg day 30 mg day 40 mg day 60 mg none 60 mg day
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 26 Number of Patients: 26 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

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

Currently taking Aciphex

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

Stopped taking Aciphex

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
1
1
2
2
Why Patients Stopped Taking Aciphex (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 3 43% Other: 43%
Course of treatment ended 2 29% Course of treatment ended: 29%
Did not seem to work 1 14% Did not seem to work: 14%
Doctor's advice 1 14% Doctor's advice: 14%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 5 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 67% 2
Moderate 33% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 5

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 5 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 5)

  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General health
Advice/Tips
good medication

  • WysWoman
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: mild
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • WysWoman
  • by WysWoman
    Oct 02, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other
Advice/Tips
It helps keep the GERD under control.

See all evaluation results for Aciphex



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