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What is Triamcinolone?

Triamcinolone is used to treat the itching, redness, dryness, crusting, scaling, inflammation, and discomfort of various skin conditions. It is also used to relieve the discomfort of mouth sores. It is available in a spray, inhalant, oral and topical preparations.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Asthma 15 1 Efficacy_major
Allergies 13 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Rhinitis (nasal inflammation) 11 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 7 2 Efficacy_moderate
Other 7 0
Breathing difficulty 3 0

See all 43 patients currently taking Triamcinolone

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 6
None
 8

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

Dyshidrotic Eczema (pompholyx) 1
None 1
Bad taste in mouth 1
Stomach upset 1
Dry nose 1
Nosebleed(s) 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Triamcinolone. See all 18 dosages ►

  2 55mcg/inh as needed daily 40 mg monthly 40 mg daily 55 mcg daily 75 mcg daily 100 mcg daily 110 mcg daily 120 mL daily 220 mcg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Triamcinolone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 8   Course of treatment ended: 26%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 16%
Other 5   Other: 16%
Not indicated 5   Not indicated: 16%
Expense 3   Expense: 10%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 10%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 10%

See all 29 patients who’ve stopped taking Triamcinolone

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

Currently Taking Triamcinolone

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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
0

Stopped Taking Triamcinolone

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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 Triamcinolone

Always
 8 53%
Usually
 4 27%
Sometimes
 2 13%
Never
 1 7%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Triamcinolone

Very
 1 7%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 6 40%
Not at all
 8 53%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Triamcinolone

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 3 38%
$25-49
 1 13%
< $25
 4 50%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.