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What is Sulindac?

Sulindac is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used for the management of inflammatory diseases including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute gouty arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, acute painful shoulder (bursitis/tendonitis).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 6 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Fibromyalgia 4 0
Kidney stones 1 0
Arthritis pain 1 1 Efficacy_slight
Inflammation 1 1 Efficacy_slight
Osteoarthritis (OA) 1 1 Efficacy_slight

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 6

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

Muscle spasm in stomach 1
Gastrointestinal discomfort 1

Reported Dosages

  200mg as needed 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 1,500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Sulindac (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 75%
Other 1   Other: 25%

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

Currently Taking Sulindac

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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 Sulindac

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Sulindac

Always
 7 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Sulindac

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 14%
Not at all
 6 86%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Sulindac

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 5 100%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.