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What is Indomethacin?

Indomethacin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to treat acute gouty arthritis, acute bursitis/tendonitis, moderate to severe osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Pain 7 1
Headaches 4 1
Other 1 0
Migraine Headaches 1 0
General health 1 0
Burning sensation, between shoulders 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 50%
None
1 50%

Dosages

  25mg as needed 50mg as needed 50 mg weekly 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 150 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Indomethacin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
2 40% Doctor's advice: 40%
Other
2 40% Other: 40%
Did not seem to work
1 20% Did not seem to work: 20%
Course of treatment ended
1 20% Course of treatment ended: 20%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Indomethacin

Currently Taking Indomethacin

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

Stopped Taking Indomethacin

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 50%
Usually
1 50%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 50%
Not at all
1 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on November 23, 2009.