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What is Hyoscyamine?

Hyoscyamine is an anticholinergic drug used in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders including cramp, irritable bowel syndrome, and peptic ulcers; for rigidity, tremors, excess saliva in parkinsonism; as a drying agent in acute rhinitis. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Excess saliva 11 0
Other 5 0
disease-related symptoms 1 0

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Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Hyoscyamine. See all 11 dosages ►

  0.125ml as needed 0.5 mg/mL as needed 10ml as needed 2tps. as needed 0.25 ml daily 4 x 0.125 mg/5 mL daily 0.75 mg daily 1 mL daily 8 mL daily 20 mL daily 125 mL daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Hyoscyamine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
2 100% Other: 100%
Did not seem to work
1 50% Did not seem to work: 50%
Side effects too severe
1 50% Side effects too severe: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Hyoscyamine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Hyoscyamine

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

Stopped Taking Hyoscyamine

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on November 21, 2009.