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What is Primidone?

Primidone is a barbituate anticonvulsant used for the management of grand mal, psychomotor, and focal seizures. Off label it is used for benign familial tremor, also known as essential tremor.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Tremors 6 3
Other 3 0
Stiffness/Spasticity 2 0
Seizures 1 0
Pain 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

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

Most commonly reported side effects

Depression with increased dosage
1 33%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  10 mg daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 250 mg/5 mL daily 375 mg daily 500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Primidone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 100% Did not seem to work: 100%
Course of treatment ended
1 100% Course of treatment ended: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Primidone

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Primidone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
2
4
2

Stopped Taking Primidone

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
3 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
2 67%
Not at all
1 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 33%
< $25
2 67%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.