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What is Chlorpromazine?

Chlorpromazine is an antipsychotic agent with many uses including control of mania; schizophrenia; control nausea and vomiting; restlessness; intractable hiccups; hyperexcitability. Off label it is used to manage psychotic disorders and behavioral symptoms associated with dementia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Sleep problems 5 1 Efficacy_moderate
Insomnia 3 3 Efficacy_slight
Hallucinations 3 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Anxious mood 3 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 2 1 Efficacy_none
Hypomania 2 2 Efficacy_major

See all 19 patients currently taking Chlorpromazine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 6
Mild
 1
None
 4

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

Weight gain 2
Sedation 2
Memory problems 1
Dizziness 1
Balance problems 1
Blurry vision 1
See all 21 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Chlorpromazine. See all 13 dosages ►

  30 mg all the time (24/7) daily 25mg as needed 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Chlorpromazine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 6   Side effects too severe: 43%
Did not seem to work 5   Did not seem to work: 36%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 36%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 29%
Other 2   Other: 14%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 7%

See all 14 patients who’ve stopped taking Chlorpromazine

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

Currently Taking Chlorpromazine

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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 Chlorpromazine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Chlorpromazine

Always
 10 67%
Usually
 3 20%
Sometimes
 1 7%
Never
 1 7%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Chlorpromazine

Very
 3 20%
Somewhat
 2 13%
A little
 2 13%
Not at all
 8 53%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Chlorpromazine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 6 100%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.