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What is Meclizine Prescription?
Meclizine is available in prescription strength (brand name Antivert®). It is uses in the prevention and treatment of symptoms of motion sickness; management of vertigo with diseases affecting the vestibular system
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken |
# of patients
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertigo | 53 |
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8 | ||
| Dizziness | 19 |
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3 | ||
| Other | 5 |
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1 | ||||
| Nausea | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Brain fog | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Support another treatment | 1 | 0 |
See all 64 patients currently taking Meclizine Prescription
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Meclizine Prescription. See all 21 dosages ►
| 100mg as needed | 10mg as needed | 12.5 mg as needed | 12.5mg as needed | 1mg as needed | 20 mg as needed | 20mg as needed | 2 12.5mg as needed | 25 mg all the time (24/7) | 25mg as needed | 2 mg all the time (24/7) | 3mg as needed | 50mg as needed | 75mcg as needed | 75mg as needed | 2 mg daily | 12.5 mg daily | 25 mg daily | 37.5 mg daily | 50 mg daily | 75 mg daily | ||
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21
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Course of treatment ended
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7 | 39% |
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Did not seem to work
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5 | 28% |
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Other
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3 | 17% |
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Doctor's advice
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2 | 11% |
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Expense
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1 | 6% |
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See all 17 patients who’ve stopped taking Meclizine Prescription
Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
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- Rick Has MS
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- Rick Has MS
- 75 mg daily
- since Feb 24, 2010
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Efficacy
Slight
for Dizziness
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Side Effects
None
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- gaby
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- gaby
- 12.5mg as needed
- since Oct 28, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Other
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Side Effects
Mild
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See all 10 patient evaluations
Report created on March 22, 2010.