Strattera (atomoxetine) Treatment Report
Generic Name: Atomoxetine
What is Strattera?
Strattera® is a brand name for the drug atomoxetine HCL, a selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Problems concentrating | 17 |
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6 | |
| Other | 7 |
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2 | |||
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 5 |
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2 | ||||
| Depression | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivty Disorder ADHD/ADD | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| insomnia due to daytime sleeping | 1 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Side effects too severe
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6 | 40% |
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Did not seem to work
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5 | 33% |
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Other
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5 | 33% |
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Expense
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1 | 7% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 7% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 7% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 7% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- The Elisa Effect
- Sex: F
- Depression: 3
- Emotional: 4
- Compulsion: 4
- Anxiety: 3
- Mania: 2
- Physical: 3
- External Stress: Severe
- 15 F
- Function: Low
- Distress: High
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- The Elisa Effect
- 10 mg daily
- since Jun 22, 2009
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Efficacy
None
for insomnia due to daytime sleeping
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Side Effects
Mild
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- devinrocksmyworld
- Sex: M
- 22 M
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- devinrocksmyworld
- 40 mg daily
- since Oct 30, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Other
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips Take the pill with tums. Bring water with you because it calms the nausea. This will cut back on the heart burn. Watch out for mood swings, they come sudd... See full evaluation
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- GeneralFoster
- Sex: M
- Depression: 2
- Emotional: 3
- Compulsion: 3
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 3
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Severe
- 39 M
- Function: Low
- Distress: High
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- GeneralFoster
- 60 mg daily
- since Dec 24, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Problems concentrating
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Side Effects
None
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See all 11 patient evaluations
Report created on November 22, 2009.