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What is Metoclopramide?

Metoclopramide is a gastrointestinal stimulant used to treat gastroesophageal reflux and erosions/ulcers of the esophagus. It is also used to treat nausea, vomiting, heartburn, prolonged fullness after meals, and loss of appetite in patients with diabetes (diabetic gastroparesis).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease) 53 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Gastroparesis 33 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Nausea 32 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 14 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Gastroparesis 12 3 Efficacy_major
Increase effect of another treatment 7 2 Efficacy_none

See all 118 patients currently taking Metoclopramide

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 5
Moderate
 4
Mild
 5
None
 17

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

Anxiety and frustration 2
Nausea 2
Tremor in hands 1
Hand twitches 1
Headaches 1
Seizures (grand mal or tonic-clonic) 1
See all 15 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

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

  5mg as needed 5mg/mL as needed 10mg as needed 5 mg daily 6 tps. daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily
  9 Number of Patients: 9 2 Number of Patients: 2 19 Number of Patients: 19 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 29 Number of Patients: 29 12 Number of Patients: 12 9 Number of Patients: 9 10 Number of Patients: 10 9 Number of Patients: 9  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Metoclopramide (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 26   Side effects too severe: 33%
Doctor's advice 23   Doctor's advice: 29%
Did not seem to work 19   Did not seem to work: 24%
Course of treatment ended 10   Course of treatment ended: 13%
Other 9   Other: 11%
Not indicated 3   Not indicated: 4%
Expense 2   Expense: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 1%

See all 77 patients who’ve stopped taking Metoclopramide

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

Currently Taking Metoclopramide

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

Stopped Taking Metoclopramide

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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 Metoclopramide

Always
 16 52%
Usually
 10 32%
Sometimes
 3 10%
Never
 2 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Metoclopramide

Very
 1 3%
Somewhat
 2 6%
A little
 6 19%
Not at all
 22 71%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Metoclopramide

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 5%
< $25
 20 95%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.