Diltiazem Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Cartia XT, Cardizem CD, Cardizem LA (Show all)
What is Diltiazem?
Diltiazem is a class of medications called calcium-channel blockers. When taken orally it is used to treat hypertension and chronic stable angina (chest pain). By injection it is used to treat atrial fibrillation or flutter and tachycardia. Off label it is used for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 7 |
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1 | ||||
| High blood pressure (Hypertension) | 7 |
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1 | ||||
| high | 1 | 0 | |||||
| High Tryglisorids | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Tachycardia | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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2 | 67% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 33% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 33% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- sukey2u2
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- sukey2u2
- 180 mg daily
- since Aug 24, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips It is very important to take this med. as directed by doc. See full evaluation
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Report created on November 22, 2009.