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What is Azelastine?

Azelastine is an antihistamine and mast cell stabilizer. As a nasal spray it is used to relieve seasonal allergies. As an ophthalmic preparation it is used to treat itching of the eye associated with seasonal allergic conjunctivitis.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Allergies 24 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Seasonal Allergy 15 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Seasonal allergy symptoms 10 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Other 10 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Sinusitis symptoms 5 2 Efficacy_major
Allergic Rhinitis 4 2 Efficacy_slight

See all 51 patients currently taking Azelastine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 1
Mild
 7
None
 8

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

Bad taste in mouth 4
Headaches 1
Burning sensation in head/face (sinuses) 1
coated tongue 1
Nosebleed(s) 1
Bitter taste 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Azelastine. See all 11 dosages ►

  1ml as needed 137mcg/inh as needed daily 2 137mcg/inh as needed 0.05 g daily 30 mL daily 137 mL daily 137 mcg daily 274 mcg daily 548 mcg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 13 Number of Patients: 13 8 Number of Patients: 8  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Azelastine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 6   Other: 27%
Did not seem to work 5   Did not seem to work: 23%
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 18%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 18%
Expense 4   Expense: 18%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 14%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 5%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 5%

See all 22 patients who’ve stopped taking Azelastine

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

Currently Taking Azelastine

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

Stopped Taking Azelastine

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Azelastine

Always
 8 47%
Usually
 7 41%
Sometimes
 2 12%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Azelastine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 6 35%
A little
 3 18%
Not at all
 8 47%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Azelastine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 8%
$25-49
 4 33%
< $25
 7 58%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.