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What is Leucovorin?

Leucovorin is a vitamin derivative. This medication is used to prevent or treat the toxicities of medications known as folic acid antagonists including methotrexate, trimethoprim, pyrimethamine.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Treat side effects of another treatment 6 1 Efficacy_major
Thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) 1 0
Fatigue 1 0
Headaches 1 0
Other 1 0
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 1 0

See all 11 patients currently taking Leucovorin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Dosages

  5mg as needed 1 mg weekly 5 mg weekly 10 mg weekly 15 mg weekly 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 1,600 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Leucovorin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 33%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 33%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Leucovorin

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

Currently Taking Leucovorin

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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

Stopped Taking Leucovorin

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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 Leucovorin

Always
 1 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Leucovorin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Leucovorin

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

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Report created on May 27, 2012.