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What is Vancomycin?

Vancomycin is antibiotic used to treat staphyloccal and streptococcal infections. It is used off label to treat bacterial endophthalmitis, a infection of the interior of the eye.

Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 3
Mild
 0
None
 3

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

Nausea 1
Diarrhea 1
Itchy rash 1
Allergic reaction 1
Nausea during and after eating 1
Heart Attack 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  250mg as needed 500 mg daily 5%-500 mg/100 mL daily 5%-1 g/200 mL daily 2 x 5%-1 g/200 mL daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vancomycin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 12   Course of treatment ended: 80%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 13%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 13%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 7%
Other 1   Other: 7%

See all 15 patients who’ve stopped taking Vancomycin

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

Currently Taking Vancomycin

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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 Vancomycin

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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 Vancomycin

Always
 6 86%
Usually
 1 14%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vancomycin

Very
 1 14%
Somewhat
 4 57%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 2 29%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vancomycin

$200+
 1 33%
$100-199
 1 33%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 1 33%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.