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What is Advil Liquigel?

Advil® Liqui-Gels® is a brand name product that contains ibuprofen equal to 200 mg in a liquid gel formulation for more rapid effect. It is an nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used as a pain reliever and fever reducer.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Muscle and joint pain 18 3 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Pain 15 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Migraine headaches 6 0
Other 3 0
For pain in conjunction with Betaseron injections every other night. 2 1 Efficacy_major
Headaches 1 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 40 patients currently taking Advil Liquigel

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 5

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Advil Liquigel

Elevated potassium levels 1
Hospitalization 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Advil Liquigel. See all 16 dosages ►

  200mg as needed 3 200mg as needed 400 mg as needed 2 200mg as needed 400mg as needed 200 mg every other week 200 mg daily 400 mg daily 600 mg daily 1,600 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Advil Liquigel (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 3   Doctor's advice: 50%
Other 2   Other: 33%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 17%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 17%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Advil Liquigel

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

Currently Taking Advil Liquigel

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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

Stopped Taking Advil Liquigel

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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 Advil Liquigel

Always
 3 50%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 3 50%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Advil Liquigel

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 17%
A little
 1 17%
Not at all
 4 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Advil Liquigel

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 20%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 80%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.