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What is Famotidine?

Famotidine is inhibits gastric secretions and is used as maintenance therapy and treatment of duodenal ulcer; treatment of gastroesophageal reflux, active benign gastric ulcer, and pathological hypersecretory conditions. OTC it is used for relief of heartburn, acid indigestion, and sour stomach.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Acid reflux 26 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Heartburn 19 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease) 9 0
Other 8 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Increase effect of another treatment 5 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Ulcer prevention 5 1 Efficacy_slight

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 20

Reported Dosages

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

  20mg as needed daily 40mg as needed 20 mg weekly 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg/5 mL daily 40 mg daily 2 x 40 mg/5 mL daily 80 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 32 Number of Patients: 32 5 Number of Patients: 5 38 Number of Patients: 38 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Famotidine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 33%
Course of treatment ended 6   Course of treatment ended: 33%
Other 5   Other: 28%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 11%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 6%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 6%

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

Currently Taking Famotidine

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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 Famotidine

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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 Famotidine

Always
 14 70%
Usually
 4 20%
Sometimes
 1 5%
Never
 1 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Famotidine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 3 15%
Not at all
 17 85%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Famotidine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 7%
< $25
 14 93%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.