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What is Fluphenazine?

Fluphenazine is in the class of typical antipsychotic drugs. It is a potent drug used for the treatment of psychoses such as schizophrenia and acute manic phases of bipolar disorder.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Chorea movements 1 0
seemed like a sugar pill 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Bipolar Disorder 1 1 Efficacy_major

See 1 patient currently taking Fluphenazine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 0

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

Tremor in hands 1
Weight gain 1
Muscle twitching (fasciculations) 1
Tardive dyskinesia 1

Reported Dosages

  1 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Fluphenazine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 67%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 33%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Fluphenazine

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

Stopped Taking Fluphenazine

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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 Fluphenazine

Always
 1 50%
Usually
 1 50%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Fluphenazine

Very
 1 50%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Fluphenazine

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

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Report created on May 27, 2012.