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What is Mupirocin Topical?

This medicine is a topical antibacterial used to treat impetigo and secondary infected traumatic skin lesions due to S. aureus and S. pyogenes.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Rash or skin problems 5 1 Efficacy_none
Skin infections 2 0
Prevent infection 2 2 Efficacy_major
Other 2 1 Efficacy_moderate
Nose infection 2 0
Dry nose 1 0

See all 10 patients currently taking Mupirocin Topical

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 5

Reported Dosages

  0.5mg as needed 2% as needed 2other as needed 2 g daily 4 g daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Mupirocin Topical (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 8   Course of treatment ended: 73%
Other 2   Other: 18%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 18%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 9%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 9%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 9%

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

Currently Taking Mupirocin Topical

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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
0
0

Stopped Taking Mupirocin Topical

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Mupirocin Topical

Always
 3 60%
Usually
 1 20%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 20%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Mupirocin Topical

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 20%
Not at all
 4 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Mupirocin Topical

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

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Report created on May 27, 2012.