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Dextromethorphan-Quinidine Treatment Report
What is Dextromethorphan-Quinidine? A dextromethorphan-quinidine combination was studied for its effect on inappropriate laughing and crying episodes experienced by some patients with brain injury or brain degeneration due to certain diseases. The incongruous laughing and crying episodes are due to pseudobulbar affect.
Reasons taken
7 patients in the community are taking or have taken Dextromethorphan-Quinidine.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 2 | 28% |
| emotions, to stop uncontrollable laughing and crying | 2 | 28% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | 14% |
| Emotional lability | 1 | 14% |
Other treatments patients are taking for Other include Walking Stick/Cane, MRI, and Levothyroxine.
Dosages
Based on the patients currently taking Dextromethorphan-Quinidine.
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Dextromethorphan-Quinidine or how long patients were taking Dextromethorphan-Quinidine before stopping.
Currently Taking Dextromethorphan-Quinidine
Stopped Taking Dextromethorphan-Quinidine
| 0-1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6 months-1year | 1-2 years | 2 years or more |
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Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Moderate | 100% | 1 |
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Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
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| Moderate | 33% | 1 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 67% | 2 |
Top reported side-effects include: Sleepiness
Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 3)
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- alowry10
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by alowry10
Jun 05, 2009
- EfficacySlight
- Side-effectsNone
- Support another treatment
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- ltbeauti
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: none
- Chest: none
- Legs: none
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by ltbeauti
Feb 09, 2009
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- Advice/Tips
- My doctor wants me to have an EKG and bloodwork done every few months because Quinidine is a heart drug that has been around for years, and he wants to keep an eye out for side effects.
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Report created on November 07, 2009.