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What is Tricor?

Tricor is a brand name for the drug Fenofibrate, a lipid lowering agent used along with your diet to treat high cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood. Tricor is a brand name of Abbott. Read more...Click to read more below

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Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
High triglycerides 32 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 23 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
High Cholesterol 22 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
General health 14 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Support heart health 5 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Increased lipids in blood (hyperlipidemia) 4 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 95 patients currently taking Tricor

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 5
Mild
 5
None
 12

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

Weight gain 1
Headaches 1
Muscle spasm in neck, shoulder, back right arm and thumb 1
Muscle and joint pain 1
Swelling in legs, feet and ankles 1
weakness and pain in upper thigh muscle 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Tricor. See all 13 dosages ►

  daily 1 mg daily 45 mg daily 48 mg daily 54 mg daily 67 mg daily 134 mg daily 145 mg daily 160 mg daily 200 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 66 Number of Patients: 66 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tricor (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 7   Doctor's advice: 35%
Other 6   Other: 30%
Expense 3   Expense: 15%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 15%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 10%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 10%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 5%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 5%

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

Currently Taking Tricor

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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 Tricor

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Tricor

Always
 21 84%
Usually
 2 8%
Sometimes
 2 8%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Tricor

Very
 1 4%
Somewhat
 1 4%
A little
 2 8%
Not at all
 21 84%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Tricor

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 7%
$50-99
 1 7%
$25-49
 4 29%
< $25
 8 57%

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Report created on February 09, 2012.