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What is Propafenone?

Propanfenone is an antiarrhythmic agent used for the treatment of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. Off label it is used for supraventricular tachycardias, including those patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Atrial Fibrillation 10 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none
Support heart health 3 0
Slowed heart rate 1 0
Heart arrhythmias 1 0

See all 13 patients currently taking Propafenone

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 0
None
 1

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

Headaches 1
Stiffness in neck 1
Slowed heart rate 1

Reported Dosages

  300mg as needed 225 mg 150 mg daily 450 mg daily 600 mg daily 650 mg daily 675 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Propafenone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 100%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 100%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Propafenone

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Currently Taking Propafenone

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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 Propafenone

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Propafenone

Always
 2 67%
Usually
 1 33%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Propafenone

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 33%
A little
 1 33%
Not at all
 1 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Propafenone

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 3 100%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.