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What is Benadryl?

Benadryl is a brand name for a range of anti-allergy products manufactured by Pfizer. These contain a range of active ingredients such as antihistamines, designed to reduce sneezing, runny nose, headache, and watery eyes. Read more...Click to read more below

Pfizer's Benadryl site

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 4 1
Excess saliva 2 0
Insomnia 2 0
disease-related symptoms 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

  25mg as needed daily mg as needed 50 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Benadryl (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
3 60% Other: 60%
Doctor's advice
1 20% Doctor's advice: 20%
Course of treatment ended
1 20% Course of treatment ended: 20%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Benadryl

Currently Taking Benadryl

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

Stopped Taking Benadryl

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
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
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$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 November 24, 2009.