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What is Qvar?

QVAR® is a brand name for the drug beclomethasone, a corticosteroid. QVAR is an aerosol preparation for oral inhalation used for the maintenance and prophylactic treatment of asthma.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Asthma 18 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Asthma 8 2 Efficacy_major
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) 6 1 Efficacy_slight
problems breathing (asthma issues at some level) 3 1 Efficacy_moderate
Wheezing 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 36 patients currently taking Qvar

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 3
Mild
 1
None
 7

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

Oral thrush (candidiasis) 1
Thrush 1
upper respiratory difficulties 1
Skin discoloration 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Qvar. See all 11 dosages ►

  2 80mcg/inh as needed 40mcg/inh as needed 80mcg/inh as needed 80 mcg as needed 40 mcg daily 80 mcg daily 160 mcg daily 240 mcg daily 320 mcg daily 400 mcg daily
  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 14 Number of Patients: 14 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Qvar (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 67%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 67%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 17%
Other 1   Other: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Qvar

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

Currently Taking Qvar

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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 Qvar

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Qvar

Always
 5 45%
Usually
 4 36%
Sometimes
 2 18%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Qvar

Very
 1 9%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 6 55%
Not at all
 4 36%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Qvar

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 20%
$25-49
 2 40%
< $25
 2 40%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.