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What is Prochlorperazine?

Prochlorperazine is used for the management of nausea and vomiting; and psychotic disorders including schizophrenia and anxiety. Off label it is used for behavioral syndromes in dementia and psychosis/agitation related to Alzheimer's dementia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Nausea 35 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Nausea and vomiting 24 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Migraine headaches 8 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Dizziness 6 1 Efficacy_slight
Other 5 1 Efficacy_major
Gastroparesis 4 0

See all 77 patients currently taking Prochlorperazine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 4
Mild
 4
None
 14

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

Fatigue 1
Anxious mood 1
Excess mucus 1
Tremor in hands 1
Sensitive gums 1
Parkinson's symptoms worsened 1
See all 9 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Prochlorperazine. See all 20 dosages ►

  mg as needed 2tab(s) as needed 10 mg as needed 5mg as needed 10mg as needed 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 10 Number of Patients: 10 30 Number of Patients: 30 3 Number of Patients: 3 10 Number of Patients: 10 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Prochlorperazine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 6   Other: 26%
Course of treatment ended 6   Course of treatment ended: 26%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 22%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 17%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 9%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 4%

See all 23 patients who’ve stopped taking Prochlorperazine

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

Currently Taking Prochlorperazine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Prochlorperazine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Prochlorperazine

Always
 15 63%
Usually
 3 13%
Sometimes
 3 13%
Never
 3 13%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Prochlorperazine

Very
 1 4%
Somewhat
 1 4%
A little
 6 25%
Not at all
 16 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Prochlorperazine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 11 100%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.