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Brand Names: Navantrone, Novantrone
Generic Name: Mitoxantrone

What is Mitoxantrone? Mitoxantrone is a cancer drug also used in secondary progressive MS to slow progression and to extend the time between relapses in relapsing-remitting MS and progressive relapsing MS. Read more...Click to read more below

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Reasons Taken

92 patients in the community are taking or have taken Mitoxantrone.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Slow my MS progress 81 88%
Other 8 8%
General health 1 1%
disease-related symptoms 1 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Mitoxantrone.

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  0 g month 0 mg month 0 month 0 mg none 0 none 1 hr month 1 month 0 mg none 1 month 2 mg month 10 month 48.6569343065693 mg year 20 mg month 20 month 20 mg month 200 mg month
  1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 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 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

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

Currently taking Mitoxantrone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
2
2
5
8
5

Stopped taking Mitoxantrone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
11
13
13
7
Why Patients Stopped Taking Mitoxantrone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 21 40% Course of treatment ended: 40%
Doctor's advice 13 25% Doctor's advice: 25%
Side effects too severe 13 25% Side effects too severe: 25%
Did not seem to work 10 19% Did not seem to work: 19%
Other 7 13% Other: 13%
Personal research 3 6% Personal research: 6%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate 33% 1
Slight 33% 1
Can't tell 33% 1

Slow my MS progress

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 33% 1
Mild 67% 2
None 0% 0

Top reported side-effects include: tiredness, Headache, Aches and pains

Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 3)

  • jenj
    Sensation: None
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: none
    Vision: none
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: severe
    See profile
  • jenj
  • by jenj
    Aug 15, 2007
  • EfficacyCan't tell
  • Side-effectsModerate
  • Slow my MS progress

  • joaniekay47
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • by joaniekay47
    Aug 30, 2008
  • EfficacySlight
  • Side-effectsMild
  • Slow my MS progress
Advice/Tips
Just make sure to be able to lie down and not do anything for the rest of the day. I take it very easy the day after, I have been tired for a full day afterwards. It could be from the anti nausea medications I take before the infusion.

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