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What is Restasis?

Restasis® is the brand name for cyclosporine ophthalmic drops used to increase tear production and to treat eye inflammation.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Sjogren's Syndrome 43 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Dry eyes 38 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 9 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Sjogrens syndrome 5 0
Dry Eye Syndrome 4 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Blurry vision 3 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 87 patients currently taking Restasis

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 3
Mild
 4
None
 8

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

Blurry vision 3
Burning sensation in eyes 2
Eye pain 1
Eye infection 1
Burning sensation 1
Eyes stinging 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Restasis. See all 12 dosages ►

  0.05 daily 0.05% daily 0.05 g daily 0.1 g daily 0.15 g daily 0.2 g daily 1 daily 1 mL daily 2 daily 2 other daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 26 Number of Patients: 26 45 Number of Patients: 45 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 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 Restasis (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 6   Expense: 35%
Side effects too severe 6   Side effects too severe: 35%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 24%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 12%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 12%
Other 1   Other: 6%

See all 16 patients who’ve stopped taking Restasis

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

Currently Taking Restasis

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

Stopped Taking Restasis

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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 Restasis

Always
 7 41%
Usually
 10 59%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Restasis

Very
 3 18%
Somewhat
 2 12%
A little
 6 35%
Not at all
 6 35%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Restasis

$200+
 2 14%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 14%
$25-49
 6 43%
< $25
 4 29%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.