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What is Pilocarpine?

Pilocarpine, as an ophthalmic agent that is used in the management of chronic simple glaucoma, chronic and acute angle-closure glaucoma. When given orally it is used to treat symptoms of dry mouth caused by decreased function of salivary glands.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Sjogren's Syndrome 16 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Sjogrens syndrome 4 1 Efficacy_moderate
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 3 0
Other 1 0
Improve swallowing 1 0
Decreased saliva 1 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 16 patients currently taking Pilocarpine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 3

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Pilocarpine

Heart palpitations 1
Vertigo 1
Worsening vision 1

Reported Dosages

  5 mg daily 7.5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 22.5 mg daily 30 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Pilocarpine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 45%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 36%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 27%
Other 2   Other: 18%
Expense 1   Expense: 9%

See all 11 patients who’ve stopped taking Pilocarpine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Pilocarpine

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

Stopped Taking Pilocarpine

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Pilocarpine

Always
 4 67%
Usually
 2 33%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Pilocarpine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 17%
A little
 3 50%
Not at all
 2 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Pilocarpine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 100%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.