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What is Dexamethasone?

A corticosteroid primarily as an anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressant agent in the treatment of a variety of diseases including those of allergic, dermatologic, endocrine, hematologic, inflammatory, neoplastic, nervous system, renal, respiratory, rheumatic, and autoimmune origin.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 13 2 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 10 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Relapse MS (exacerbation) 9 5 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Increase effect of another treatment 3 1 Efficacy_major
Inflammation 2 0
Breathing difficulty 2 2 Efficacy_major

See all 37 patients currently taking Dexamethasone

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Dexamethasone. See all 30 dosages ►

  0.5 mg daily 4 mg weekly 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 40 mg weekly 200 mg monthly 8 mg daily 12 mg daily 18 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Dexamethasone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 28   Course of treatment ended: 72%
Doctor's advice 10   Doctor's advice: 26%
Did not seem to work 6   Did not seem to work: 15%
Side effects too severe 5   Side effects too severe: 13%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 5%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 3%
Other 1   Other: 3%
Expense 1   Expense: 3%

See all 38 patients who’ve stopped taking Dexamethasone

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

Currently Taking Dexamethasone

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

Stopped Taking Dexamethasone

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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 Dexamethasone

Always
 23 96%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 4%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Dexamethasone

Very
 3 13%
Somewhat
 4 17%
A little
 3 13%
Not at all
 14 58%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Dexamethasone

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 8%
$25-49
 5 38%
< $25
 7 54%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.