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Nimodipine Treatment Report
Category: Prescription Drugs
Most Popular Types: Nimotop
Generic Name: Nimodipine
What is Nimodipine?
Nimodipine is a calcium channel blocker. It is used for subarachnoid hemorrhage (bleeding in the area between the brain and the thin tissues that cover the brain) to improve neurological outcome by reducing the incidence and severity of oxygen deficits.
Reported Purpose & Efficacy
| Purpose | # of patients |
# of patients with evaluations
Efficacy
|
Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Memory and cognition problems | 1 | 1 |
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| vasodilatation | 1 | 1 |
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Reported Side Effects
Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Nimodipine
| Low blood pressure | 1 |
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Reported Dosages
| 30 mg daily | ||
|---|---|---|
1
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Reported Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Did not seem to work | 1 |  |
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| Course of treatment ended | 1 | |
Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼
Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of Nimodipine
Always |
2 | 100% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Usually |
0 | 0% |
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Sometimes |
0 | 0% |
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Never |
0 | 0% |
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Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Nimodipine
Very |
0 | 0% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Somewhat |
0 | 0% |
|
A little |
1 | 50% |
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Not at all |
1 | 50% |
|
Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Nimodipine
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
|
$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
|
$25-49 |
1 | 100% |
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< $25 |
0 | 0% |
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Report created on February 10, 2012.