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What is Pyrimethamine?

A medication used for protozoal infections. It is commonly used as an antimalarial drug (for both treatment and prevention). Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Support immune health 1 1 Efficacy_major
Headaches 1 0
Other 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Toxoplasmosis 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 2

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

Ringing in ears (tinnitus) 1
Nausea 1
Headaches 1

Reported Dosages

  50 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Pyrimethamine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 40%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 40%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 20%
Other 1   Other: 20%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Pyrimethamine

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

Currently Taking Pyrimethamine

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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 Pyrimethamine

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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 Pyrimethamine

Always
 3 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Pyrimethamine

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Pyrimethamine

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

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Report created on February 11, 2012.