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Brand Names: Isoptin, Verelan® PM
See also: Verapamil ER

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). Read more...Click to read more below

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons Taken

23 patients in the community are taking or have taken Verapamil.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 20 86%
Headache 2 8%
General health 1 4%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Verapamil.

  40 mg day 80 mg day 120 mg day 180 mg day 200 mg day 240 mg day 360 mg day 480 mg day
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Verapamil or how long patients were taking Verapamil before stopping.

Currently taking Verapamil

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
1
1
2
7

Stopped taking Verapamil

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
0
1
1
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Verapamil (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 2 50% Doctor's advice: 50%
Other 2 50% Other: 50%
Did not seem to work 1 25% Did not seem to work: 25%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 7 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 40% 2
Moderate 40% 2
Can't tell 20% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 14% 1
None 86% 6

Top reported side-effects include: Constipation, Bowel problems

Summary results are based on 7 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 7)

  • cureseeker
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: none
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • by cureseeker
    Aug 18, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

  • thjuland
    Sensation: Mild
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • thjuland
  • by thjuland
    Nov 07, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other
Advice/Tips
This plus the Avapro maintains a normal blood pressure reading.

See all evaluation results for Verapamil



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