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What is Dicyclomine?

Dicyclomine is an anticholinergic medication used to treat the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. It relieves muscle spasms in the gastrointestinal tract. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
ibs 11 0
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) 8 2
spasms in the colon 3 0
Gall Bladder 2 0
Gastrointestinal Reflux Disease (GERD) 2 0
Constipation 2 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 33%
None
2 67%

Most commonly reported side effects

dry mouth
1 33%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  10 mg all the time (24/7) 10mg as needed 20mg as needed 20 mg monthly 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Dicyclomine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 100% Did not seem to work: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Dicyclomine

Currently Taking Dicyclomine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
1
0
6
6
4

Stopped Taking Dicyclomine

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
2 67%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.