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What is Topiramate?

Topiramate is an anti-convulsant and is used with other medications to treat certain types of seizures in patients with epilepsy or Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. It is also used to prevent migraine or cluster headaches.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Migraine headaches 464 126 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Epilepsy 399 135 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Treat my mood condition(s) 104 27 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Headaches 94 34 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 86 32 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 80 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none

See all 1419 patients currently taking Topiramate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 100
Moderate
 134
Mild
 103
None
 124

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

Hands Tingling 53
Feet Tingling 50
Brain fog 44
Weight loss 42
Word fishing 42
Sleepiness 21
See all 216 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Topiramate. See all 60 dosages ►

  25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 125 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 600 mg daily
  118 Number of Patients: 118 203 Number of Patients: 203 62 Number of Patients: 62 367 Number of Patients: 367 20 Number of Patients: 20 65 Number of Patients: 65 310 Number of Patients: 310 78 Number of Patients: 78 124 Number of Patients: 124 35 Number of Patients: 35  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Topiramate (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 178   Side effects too severe: 49%
Did not seem to work 109   Did not seem to work: 30%
Doctor's advice 102   Doctor's advice: 28%
Other 55   Other: 15%
Expense 22   Expense: 6%
Personal research 15   Personal research: 4%
Course of treatment ended 14   Course of treatment ended: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 6   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Not indicated 5   Not indicated: 1%

See all 352 patients who’ve stopped taking Topiramate

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

Currently Taking Topiramate

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

Stopped Taking Topiramate

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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 Topiramate

Always
 392 85%
Usually
 50 11%
Sometimes
 9 2%
Never
 10 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Topiramate

Very
 28 6%
Somewhat
 37 8%
A little
 63 14%
Not at all
 333 72%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Topiramate

$200+
 8 3%
$100-199
 7 2%
$50-99
 20 6%
$25-49
 58 18%
< $25
 222 70%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.