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What is Zelnorm?

Zelnorm is a brand name for the drug tegaserod. It is used for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation and chronic idiopathic constipation in women less than 55 years of age in which no alternative therapy exists.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Bowel irritability 2 1 Efficacy_major
General health 1 0
Abdominal pain 1 0

See 1 patient currently taking Zelnorm

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Dosages

  6 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Zelnorm (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2   Other: 100%

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

Currently Taking Zelnorm

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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

Stopped Taking Zelnorm

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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 Zelnorm

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Zelnorm

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Zelnorm

$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.