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What is Phenobarbital?

Phenobarbital, a barbiturate, is used to control epilepsy (seizures) and as a sedative to relieve anxiety. It is also used for short-term treatment of insomnia to help you fall asleep.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Epilepsy 61 29 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Seizures 7 1 Efficacy_major
Seizures (simple partial) 4 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 2 1 Efficacy_major
Headaches 1 1 Efficacy_none
Seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic) 1 0

See all 69 patients currently taking Phenobarbital

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Phenobarbital. See all 32 dosages ►

  16 mg daily 30 mg daily 32.4 mg daily 60 mg daily 90 mg daily 100 mg daily 120 mg daily 129.6 mg daily 180 mg daily 200 mg daily
  11 Number of Patients: 11 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 8 Number of Patients: 8 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 7 Number of Patients: 7 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Phenobarbital (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 14   Side effects too severe: 45%
Doctor's advice 13   Doctor's advice: 42%
Did not seem to work 12   Did not seem to work: 39%
Other 5   Other: 16%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 10%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 6%
Expense 1   Expense: 3%

See all 30 patients who’ve stopped taking Phenobarbital

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

Currently Taking Phenobarbital

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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 Phenobarbital

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Phenobarbital

Always
 28 82%
Usually
 6 18%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Phenobarbital

Very
 1 3%
Somewhat
 4 12%
A little
 6 18%
Not at all
 23 68%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Phenobarbital

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 4%
< $25
 26 96%

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Report created on May 25, 2012.