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What is Nystatin?

Nystatin is an antifungal agent available as an oral rinse, a topical application and in vaginal tablets. It is used in the treatment of fungal infections normally caused by the Candida species on the skin, mucous membranes and in the oral cavity.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Oral thrush (candidiasis) 18 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Prevent infection 12 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Candidiasis (yeast infection) 10 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
Yeast overgrowth 5 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 5 0
Fibromyalgia 3 0

See all 41 patients currently taking Nystatin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 16

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

Diarrhea 1
Taste bud irritation 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Nystatin. See all 21 dosages ►

  100,000 units daily 200,000 units daily 300,000 units daily 400,000 units daily 500,000 units daily 1,000,000 units daily 1,500,000 units daily 2,000,000 units daily 9,000,000 units daily 200,000,000 units daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Nystatin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 20   Course of treatment ended: 71%
Doctor's advice 7   Doctor's advice: 25%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 11%
Expense 1   Expense: 4%
Other 1   Other: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 4%

See all 28 patients who’ve stopped taking Nystatin

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

Currently Taking Nystatin

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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 Nystatin

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Nystatin

Always
 9 50%
Usually
 5 28%
Sometimes
 4 22%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Nystatin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 8 44%
A little
 2 11%
Not at all
 8 44%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Nystatin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 8%
$50-99
 1 8%
$25-49
 1 8%
< $25
 9 75%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.