PatientsLikeMe : Aciphex Treatment Report

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Patients

Taking Aciphex
18 Patients currently take Aciphex
6 Patients stopped taking Aciphex
PattyD Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile PattyD 20mg daily since Nov 25, 2007
WysWoman Sensation: Moderate Overall: Mild Cognition: moderate Vision: mild Speech: mild Swallowing: mild Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile WysWoman 60mg daily since Apr 01, 2004
cindyoung13 Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile cindyoung13 20mg daily since May 15, 2007

What is Aciphex? Aciphex is a brand name for the drug Rabeprazole, a proton pump inhibitor used in the treatment of gastric ulcers or heartburn. Aciphex is a brand name owned by Ortho-McNeill. Read more...

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Reasons Taken

24 patients in the community are taking or have taken Aciphex.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	18	75%
Acid reflux (gastroesophageal reflux disease GERD)	6	25%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Aciphex.

0 mg day	10 mg day	20 mg day	30 mg day	60 mg day
2	1	13	1	1

Duration

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

Currently taking Aciphex

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
0	1	1	1	5	3

Stopped taking Aciphex

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

Why Patients Stopped Taking Aciphex (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	3	50%
Course of treatment ended	2	33%
Did not seem to work	1	17%

Patient Reported Evaluations

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

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate	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)

WysWoman

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Mild

Cognition: moderate

Vision: mild

Speech: mild

Swallowing: mild

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate

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by WysWoman
Oct 02, 2008