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What is Dicyclomine?

Dicyclomine is an anticholinergic medication used to treat the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. It relieves muscle spasms in the gastrointestinal tract. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) 65 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Bowel irritability 65 19 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Bowel problems 19 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Stomach pain 8 0
spasms in the colon 7 2 Efficacy_major
Muscle spasm in stomach 7 2 Efficacy_moderate

See all 143 patients currently taking Dicyclomine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 6
Mild
 8
None
 19

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

Constipation 2
Depressed mood 1
Nausea 1
Dizziness 1
Light sensitivity (photophobia) 1
Abdominal bloating 1
See all 12 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Dicyclomine. See all 21 dosages ►

  2 10mg as needed 20 mg all the time (24/7) 20mg as needed 10mg as needed 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 19 Number of Patients: 19 28 Number of Patients: 28 20 Number of Patients: 20 14 Number of Patients: 14 14 Number of Patients: 14 15 Number of Patients: 15 6 Number of Patients: 6 13 Number of Patients: 13  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Dicyclomine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 21   Did not seem to work: 53%
Side effects too severe 9   Side effects too severe: 23%
Course of treatment ended 8   Course of treatment ended: 20%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 13%
Other 4   Other: 10%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 8%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 3%

See all 40 patients who’ve stopped taking Dicyclomine

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

Currently Taking Dicyclomine

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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 Dicyclomine

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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 Dicyclomine

Always
 14 40%
Usually
 13 37%
Sometimes
 8 23%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Dicyclomine

Very
 2 6%
Somewhat
 1 3%
A little
 6 17%
Not at all
 26 74%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Dicyclomine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 5%
$25-49
 1 5%
< $25
 19 90%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.