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What is Fexofenadine?

Fexofenadine is an allergy medicine taken for seasonal allergies and hives, to relieve symptoms like itchy eyes, runny nose, and sneezing. Unlike some other allergy medication fexofenadine does not cause drowsiness and driving is not contraindicated.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Allergies 133 28 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 28 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Seasonal allergy 19 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 12 3 Efficacy_moderate
Allergic to environment and chemicals 6 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Seasonal Allergy 6 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 205 patients currently taking Fexofenadine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 7
Mild
 13
None
 37

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

Fatigue 2
Headaches 2
Drowsiness 2
Brain fog 1
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 1
Dry nasal passages 1
See all 16 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Fexofenadine. See all 14 dosages ►

  60mg as needed daily 180mg as needed 0.1 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 60 mg daily 100 mg daily 120 mg daily 180 mg daily
  6 Number of Patients: 6 4 Number of Patients: 4 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 39 Number of Patients: 39 2 Number of Patients: 2 14 Number of Patients: 14 127 Number of Patients: 127  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Fexofenadine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 14   Did not seem to work: 30%
Other 10   Other: 21%
Expense 9   Expense: 19%
Course of treatment ended 6   Course of treatment ended: 13%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 9%
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 9%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 6%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 4%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 4%

See all 45 patients who’ve stopped taking Fexofenadine

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

Currently Taking Fexofenadine

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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 Fexofenadine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Fexofenadine

Always
 43 74%
Usually
 9 16%
Sometimes
 3 5%
Never
 3 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Fexofenadine

Very
 2 3%
Somewhat
 5 9%
A little
 6 10%
Not at all
 45 78%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Fexofenadine

$200+
 1 2%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 10 23%
< $25
 33 75%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.