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What is Ketoprofen?

Prescription ketoprofen is used to relieve pain, tenderness, swelling and stiffness caused by osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Prescription and nonprescription ketoprofen capsules are also used to relieve other types of pain.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 9 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Other 3 0
Inflammation 3 0
Joint pain 2 0
Osteoarthritis (OA) 1 0
Fibromyalgia 1 1 Efficacy_major

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 2

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

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding 1

Reported Dosages

  100 mg all the time (24/7) 1other as needed 2 as needed 30ml as needed 75mg as needed 25 mg daily 75 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ketoprofen (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 40%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 20%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 20%
Other 1   Other: 20%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 20%

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

Currently Taking Ketoprofen

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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

Stopped Taking Ketoprofen

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Ketoprofen

Always
 2 67%
Usually
 1 33%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ketoprofen

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ketoprofen

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 50%
< $25
 1 50%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.