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What is sitagliptin-metformin?

The combination of sitagliptin and metformin is used in the management of noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus in patients not adequately controlled on metformin or sitagliptin alone. It is also used as an adjunct to diet and exercise.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Diabetes Type 2 17 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 3 0
Elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia) 2 1 Efficacy_moderate
General health 1 0
Doctor recommendation 1 0

See all 27 patients currently taking sitagliptin-metformin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 2

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with sitagliptin-metformin

Diarrhea 1
liver 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking sitagliptin-metformin. See all 13 dosages ►

  2 mcg daily 2 mg daily 2 other daily 50 mg daily 500 mg-50 mg daily 1,000 mg-50 mg daily 2 x 500 mg-50 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 3 x 500 mg-50 mg daily 2 x 1,000 mg-50 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking sitagliptin-metformin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 50%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking sitagliptin-metformin

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

Currently Taking sitagliptin-metformin

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

Stopped Taking sitagliptin-metformin

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of sitagliptin-metformin

Always
 1 20%
Usually
 4 80%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of sitagliptin-metformin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 20%
Not at all
 4 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of sitagliptin-metformin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 2 50%
< $25
 2 50%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.