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What is Medrol?

Medrol® is a brand name for oral preparation of methylprednisolone, a synthetic corticosteroid drug used primarily as an anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressant agent in the treatment of a variety of diseases including those of hematologic, allergic, inflammatory, neoplastic, and autoimmune origin.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 2 0
supplements 1 0
taper after IV 1 0

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Dosages

  2 mg as needed 32mg as needed 1500 mg monthly
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Medrol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended
3 100% Course of treatment ended: 100%

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Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Medrol

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

Stopped Taking Medrol

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
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
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on November 24, 2009.