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What is Phenobarbital?

Phenobarbital, a barbiturate, is used to control epilepsy (seizures) and as a sedative to relieve anxiety. It is also used for short-term treatment of insomnia to help you fall asleep. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Epilepsy 53 25 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Seizures (simple partial) 4 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Seizures 4 1 Efficacy_major
Other 2 1 Efficacy_major
Headaches 1 1 Efficacy_none
Seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic) 1 0

See all 64 patients currently taking Phenobarbital

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 6
Moderate
 11
Mild
 6
None
 7

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

Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 3
Sleepiness 3
Drowsiness 2
Mood swings 1
Dizziness 1
Balance problems 1
See all 26 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Phenobarbital. See all 32 dosages ►

  3 mg daily 16 mg daily 30 mg daily 60 mg daily 90 mg daily 100 mg daily 120 mg daily 129.6 mg daily 180 mg daily 200 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 11 Number of Patients: 11 3 Number of Patients: 3 7 Number of Patients: 7 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Phenobarbital (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 12   Doctor's advice: 48%
Did not seem to work 11   Did not seem to work: 44%
Side effects too severe 9   Side effects too severe: 36%
Other 5   Other: 20%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 8%
Expense 1   Expense: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 4%

See all 24 patients who’ve stopped taking Phenobarbital

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

Currently Taking Phenobarbital

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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 Phenobarbital

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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 Phenobarbital

Always
 25 83%
Usually
 5 17%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Phenobarbital

Very
 1 3%
Somewhat
 2 7%
A little
 6 20%
Not at all
 21 70%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Phenobarbital

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 4%
< $25
 22 96%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.