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What is Biperiden?

Biperiden is an anti-Parkinson's agent and an anticholinergic that is used in the therapy of all forms of Parkinsonism and for control of extrapyramidal symptoms secondary to antipsychotics.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Excess saliva 2 1 Efficacy_none
Parkinson's Disease 2 1 Efficacy_slight
Muscle spasms 1 0
Tremor 1 1 Efficacy_none
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 1 0
Stiffness/Spasticity 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Biperiden

Loss of short term memory 1
Visual accommodation 1

Reported Dosages

  2 mg all the time (24/7) 2 mg daily 4 mg daily 6 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Biperiden (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 50%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 50%
Other 2   Other: 50%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 25%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 25%

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

Currently Taking Biperiden

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

Stopped Taking Biperiden

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Biperiden

Always
 1 33%
Usually
 1 33%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 33%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Biperiden

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 33%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 2 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Biperiden

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

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Report created on February 11, 2012.