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What is Orencia?

Orencia® is a brand name for abatacept, a disease modifying antirheumatic drug used for adult rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as a monotherapy or in combination with other disease modifying antirheumatic drug; also used as monotherapy or in combination with methotrexate for juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis) 23 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Rheumatoid Arthritis 3 1 Efficacy_slight
Transplant rejection prevention 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
CIDP (Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy) 1 0
Reactive Arthritis 1 0
Psoriatic Arthritis 1 0

See all 32 patients currently taking Orencia

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 2
None
 3

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

Fatigue 1
Dizziness 1
Cold sensations (coldness) 1
Nausea and vomiting 1
Muscle and joint pain 1
Migraine headaches 1

Reported Dosages

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

  1 other weekly 100 mL monthly 250 mg monthly 750 mg every 6 weeks 125 mg weekly 250 mg every other week 750 mg monthly 1,000 mg monthly 250 mg weekly 1,000 mg every other week
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Orencia (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 11   Did not seem to work: 79%
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 43%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 14%
Other 2   Other: 14%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 7%
Expense 1   Expense: 7%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 7%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 7%

See all 14 patients who’ve stopped taking Orencia

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

Currently Taking Orencia

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

Stopped Taking Orencia

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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 Orencia

Always
 6 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Orencia

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 17%
A little
 2 33%
Not at all
 3 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Orencia

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 25%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 25%
< $25
 2 50%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.