Diclofenac Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Voltaren, Voltaren Gel, Voltaren XR (Show all)
Generic Name: Diclofenac
See also: Diclofenac Epolamine Patch
What is Diclofenac?
Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) taken to reduce inflammation and pain in conditions such as in arthritis or acute injury. Preparations available as diclofenac sodium, diclofenac potassium, diclofenac epolamine.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Pain | 19 |
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3 | ||
| Other | 5 |
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2 | |||
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| ostioarthritis | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| middle back pain | 2 | 0 | |||||
| pain relief from spinal stenosis | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Diclofenac. See all 12 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Did not seem to work
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7 | 47% |
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Other
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3 | 20% |
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Course of treatment ended
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3 | 20% |
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Personal research
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1 | 7% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 7% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 6 patient evaluations
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- pecan420
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Severe
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Severe
- Cognition: severe
- Vision: severe
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- pecan420
- 150 mg daily
- since Aug 18, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for ostioarthritis
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips That even tho there are these side effects that the anti-inflamatory effects helps the pain I have, slightly. See full evaluation
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- TAG114
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- TAG114
- 25 other all the time (24/7)
- since Apr 09, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- NW native son
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- NW native son
- 200 mg daily
- since Mar 19, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Pain
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 6 patient evaluations
Report created on November 23, 2009.