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What is Meclizine?

Meclizine is an anti-emetic agent used to prevent nausea caused by motion sickness or other drugs. It is available as an over the counter medication as Bonine®; Dramamine® Less Drowsy Formula; and in prescription strength as Antivert®.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Vertigo 35 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Dizziness 26 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 10 2 Efficacy_major
Meniere's Disease 8 0
Balance problems 6 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Nausea 6 1 Efficacy_major

See all 76 patients currently taking Meclizine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 3
Mild
 5
None
 11

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

Fatigue 2
Drowsiness 2
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 1
Sleepiness 1
Drug ineffective 1
Hospitalization 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Meclizine. See all 17 dosages ►

  2 25mg as needed 12.5 mg as needed as needed 12.5mg as needed daily 25mg as needed 12.5 mg daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 9 Number of Patients: 9 4 Number of Patients: 4 12 Number of Patients: 12 11 Number of Patients: 11 17 Number of Patients: 17 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Meclizine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 11   Did not seem to work: 44%
Other 7   Other: 28%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 16%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 8%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 8%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 4%
Expense 1   Expense: 4%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 4%

See all 25 patients who’ve stopped taking Meclizine

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

Currently Taking Meclizine

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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

Stopped Taking Meclizine

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Meclizine

Always
 8 42%
Usually
 8 42%
Sometimes
 3 16%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Meclizine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 11%
A little
 3 16%
Not at all
 14 74%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Meclizine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 7%
< $25
 13 93%

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Report created on May 25, 2012.