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What is Meclizine Prescription?

Meclizine is available in prescription strength (brand name Antivert®). It is uses in the prevention and treatment of symptoms of motion sickness; management of vertigo with diseases affecting the vestibular system

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Vertigo 96 24 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Dizziness 51 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Nausea 9 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 8 1 Efficacy_moderate
Spinning dizziness (vertigo) 4 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Brain fog 4 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 142 patients currently taking Meclizine Prescription

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 5
Mild
 9
None
 23

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Meclizine Prescription

Drowsiness 4
Sudden onset of sleep after dose 2
Sleepiness 2
Fatigue 1
Dry mouth at night 1
Inability to drive due to medication 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Meclizine Prescription. See all 35 dosages ►

  25mg as needed 12.5mg as needed 3mg as needed 1mg as needed 3 mg daily 12.5 mg daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily
  41 Number of Patients: 41 11 Number of Patients: 11 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 8 Number of Patients: 8 22 Number of Patients: 22 10 Number of Patients: 10 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Meclizine Prescription (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 13   Other: 31%
Course of treatment ended 13   Course of treatment ended: 31%
Did not seem to work 11   Did not seem to work: 26%
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 10%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 2%
Expense 1   Expense: 2%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 2%

See all 41 patients who’ve stopped taking Meclizine Prescription

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

Currently Taking Meclizine Prescription

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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 Meclizine Prescription

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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 Meclizine Prescription

Always
 25 64%
Usually
 7 18%
Sometimes
 5 13%
Never
 2 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Meclizine Prescription

Very
 1 3%
Somewhat
 1 3%
A little
 5 13%
Not at all
 32 82%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Meclizine Prescription

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 2 9%
< $25
 21 91%

Report created on May 27, 2012.