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What is Nabilone?

Nabilone is an antiemetic used in the treatment of refractory nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy. Since Nabilone is a synthetic cannibinoid, some researchers suggest that it may relieve spasticity.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 11 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Fibromyalgia 8 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Nerve pain (neuralgia) 4 1 Efficacy_moderate
Improve mobility 1 0
Muscle and joint pain 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
Muscle spasms 1 0

See all 23 patients currently taking Nabilone

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 2
Mild
 5
None
 1

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

Dry mouth (xerostomia) 2
Constipation 2
Memory lapses (brain blinks) 1
Dry eyes 1
Problems concentrating 1
Short term memory problems 1
See all 11 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Nabilone. See all 11 dosages ►

  1mg as needed 0.1 mg daily 0.5 mg daily 1 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 3 daily 3.5 mg daily 6 mg daily 9 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Nabilone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Nabilone

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

Currently Taking Nabilone

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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

Stopped Taking Nabilone

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Nabilone

Always
 8 89%
Usually
 1 11%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Nabilone

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 11%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 8 89%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Nabilone

$200+
 2 29%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 5 71%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.