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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

Abbott's Tricor site

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Cholesterol high 6 1
Decreased appetite 1 0
General health 1 1
high tryglicerides 1 0
Other 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
2 100%

Dosages

  67 mg daily 134 mg daily 145 mg daily 200 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Currently Taking Tricor

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
0
2
1
5

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.