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What is Amiloride?

Amiloride counteracts potassium loss induced by other diuretics in the treatment of hypertension and conditions such as congestive heart failure and hepatic cirrhosis. It is usually used in conjunction with more potent diuretics such as thiazides or loop diuretics.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
CHF (Congestive heart failure) 2 0
Other 2 0
blodpresure 1 0
Increase effect of another treatment 1 0
Diabetes Insipidus 1 0
Treat side effects of another treatment 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Dosages

  5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily
  8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Amiloride (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 50%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 50%

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

Currently Taking Amiloride

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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

Stopped Taking Amiloride

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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 Amiloride

Always
 1 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Amiloride

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Amiloride

$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 May 26, 2012.