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What is Marinol? Marinol is a brand name for the drug dronabinol, a synthetic form of the active ingredient in marijuana, THC. Read more...Click to read more below

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Solvay Pharmaceuticals's Marinol site


Reasons Taken

13 patients in the community are taking or have taken Marinol.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4 30%
Pain 4 30%
Stiffness/spasticity 3 23%
Anxiety 1 7%
Aching/Burning/Throbbing/Buzzing tendon body pain 1 7%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Marinol.

  0 mg day 2.5 mg day 5 mg none 5 mg day 7.5 mg day 15 mg day 20 mg day
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Marinol or how long patients were taking Marinol before stopping.

Currently taking Marinol

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

Stopped taking Marinol

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
3
1
0
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Marinol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 3 60% Expense: 60%
Side effects too severe 1 20% Side effects too severe: 20%
Other 1 20% Other: 20%
Not indicated 1 20% Not indicated: 20%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Slight 100% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 1

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)

  • greeneyes
    Flare-up: Severe
    Sensation: Severe
    Overall: Severe
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: severe
    See profile
  • greeneyes
  • by greeneyes
    Oct 18, 2008
  • EfficacySlight
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

See all evaluation results for Marinol



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