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What is Verapamil?

Verapamil is a calcium channel blocker used to treat irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias) and high blood pressure. It relaxes your blood vessels so your heart does not have to pump as hard. It also increases the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart to control chest pain (angina).

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 18 4
High blood pressure (Hypertension) 11 1
Migraine Headaches 6 1
Headaches 5 2
General health 2 0
congestive heart disease 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
2 29%
None
5 71%

Most commonly reported side effects

Constipation
2 29%
Bowel problems
1 14%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Verapamil. See all 13 dosages ►

  40 mg daily 80 mg daily 100 mg/24 hours daily 120 mg daily 160 mg daily 180 mg daily 200 mg daily 2 x 100 mg/24 hours daily 240 mg/24 hours daily 240 mg daily 320 mg daily 360 mg daily 480 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Verapamil (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
4 40% Other: 40%
Doctor's advice
3 30% Doctor's advice: 30%
Side effects too severe
2 20% Side effects too severe: 20%
Did not seem to work
1 10% Did not seem to work: 10%
Not indicated
1 10% Not indicated: 10%

See all 10 patients who’ve stopped taking Verapamil

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Verapamil

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
5
3
9

Stopped Taking Verapamil

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
7 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
7 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
2 29%
< $25
4 57%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.