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What is Levocetirizine?

Levocetirizine is a used to provide relief of symptoms of perennial and seasonal allergic rhinitis; treatment of skin manifestations (uncomplicated) of chronic idiopathic urticaria.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Itching (pruritus) 4 1
Other 3 1
Allergies 3 1
Hives 2 1
Rhinitis (nasal inflammation) 1 1
Antihistimine/Sinus 1 0

See all 10 patients currently taking Levocetirizine

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
3 100%

Dosages

  0.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Levocetirizine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
1 100% Doctor's advice: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Levocetirizine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Levocetirizine

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

Stopped Taking Levocetirizine

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
3 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 33%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 33%

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Report created on March 20, 2010.