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What is Pantoprazole?

Pantoprazole is a proton-pump inhibitor that is used for the treatment and maintenance of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hypersecretory gastric disorders including Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
# of patients evaluated by
Other 5 1
General health 4 1
Acid reflux (GER gastroesophageal reflux) 3 1
Control GERD 2 0
ulcer 2 0
gastric reflux 1 0

See all 17 patients currently taking Pantoprazole

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
3 100%

Dosages

  daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 80 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Pantoprazole (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense
1 50% Expense: 50%
Course of treatment ended
1 50% Course of treatment ended: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Pantoprazole

Currently Taking Pantoprazole

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

Stopped Taking Pantoprazole

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 67%
Usually
1 33%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 33%

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Report created on March 15, 2010.