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What is Clonidine?

Clonidine is used in the management of hypertension (high blood pressure) and for continuous epidural administration as with opiates for treatment of cancer pain in patients tolerant to or unresponsive to intraspinal opiates.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Elevated blood pressure 60 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Insomnia 17 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 17 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Hypertension 10 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Increase effect of another treatment 7 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Treat my mood condition(s) 6 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none

See all 167 patients currently taking Clonidine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 9
Mild
 13
None
 16

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

Fatigue 6
Hangover effect 3
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 3
Dry mouth at night 2
Low blood pressure 2
Brain fog 1
See all 21 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Clonidine. See all 45 dosages ►

  0.1mg/24hr as needed 0.1mg as needed 0.1 mg daily 0.1 mg/24 hr daily 2 x 0.1 mg/24 hr daily 0.2 mg daily 0.3 mg daily 2 x 0.2 mg/24 hr daily 0.4 mg daily 0.6 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 31 Number of Patients: 31 10 Number of Patients: 10 6 Number of Patients: 6 40 Number of Patients: 40 13 Number of Patients: 13 4 Number of Patients: 4 13 Number of Patients: 13 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Clonidine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 12   Did not seem to work: 34%
Doctor's advice 11   Doctor's advice: 31%
Other 8   Other: 23%
Side effects too severe 6   Side effects too severe: 17%
Course of treatment ended 5   Course of treatment ended: 14%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 9%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 6%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 3%

See all 34 patients who’ve stopped taking Clonidine

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

Currently Taking Clonidine

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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 Clonidine

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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 Clonidine

Always
 32 84%
Usually
 4 11%
Sometimes
 1 3%
Never
 1 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Clonidine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 2 5%
A little
 6 16%
Not at all
 30 79%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Clonidine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 5%
$25-49
 1 5%
< $25
 19 90%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.