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What is Nifedipine?

Nifedipine is a calcium channel blocker used to treat high blood pressure or coronary heart disease. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 4 1
Support another treatment 1 0
Poor circulation in hands and feet 1 0
reynauds phenomenon 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

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

Dosages

  10 mg daily 15 mg daily 30 mg daily 60 mg daily 90 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Nifedipine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
2 100% Doctor's advice: 100%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Nifedipine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Nifedipine

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

Stopped Taking Nifedipine

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
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
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on November 22, 2009.