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What is Dilantin?
Dilantin is a brand name for the drug Penytoin, an anti-epileptic drug.
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Reasons Taken
4 patients in the community are taking or have taken Dilantin.
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Dilantin or how long patients were taking Dilantin before stopping.
Currently taking Dilantin
Stopped taking Dilantin
| 0-1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6 months-1year | 1-2 years | 2 years or more |
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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| Side effects too severe | 1 | 100% |  |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 2 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 50% | 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Can't tell | 50% | 1 |
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
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| Moderate | 50% | 1 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 50% | 1 |
Top reported side-effects include: Depression, Mood swings, sleepiness
Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 2)
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- webguy1958
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Severe
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: severe
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: severe
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by webguy1958
Sep 25, 2008
- EfficacyCan't tell
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- See full evaluation
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