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What is Fexofenadine?

Fexofenadine is an allergy medicine taken for seasonal allergies and hives, to relieve symptoms like itchy eyes, runny nose, and sneezing. Unlike some other allergy medication fexofenadine does not cause drowsiness and driving is not contraindicated.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Allergies 142 34 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 28 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Seasonal allergy symptoms 20 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 12 3 Efficacy_moderate
Seasonal Allergy 9 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Allergic to environment and chemicals 6 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight

See all 215 patients currently taking Fexofenadine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 7
Mild
 14
None
 45

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Fexofenadine

Headaches 2
Jittery feeling 2
Fatigue 2
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 1
Brain fog 1
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 1
See all 17 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Fexofenadine. See all 15 dosages ►

  60mg as needed 180mg as needed daily 0.1 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 60 mg daily 100 mg daily 120 mg daily 180 mg daily
  6 Number of Patients: 6 10 Number of Patients: 10 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 38 Number of Patients: 38 2 Number of Patients: 2 14 Number of Patients: 14 136 Number of Patients: 136  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Fexofenadine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 19   Did not seem to work: 35%
Other 10   Other: 19%
Expense 10   Expense: 19%
Course of treatment ended 7   Course of treatment ended: 13%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 9%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 7%
Change in health plan coverage 4   Change in health plan coverage: 7%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 6%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 4%

See all 52 patients who’ve stopped taking Fexofenadine

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

Currently Taking Fexofenadine

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

Stopped Taking Fexofenadine

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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 Fexofenadine

Always
 52 78%
Usually
 9 13%
Sometimes
 3 4%
Never
 3 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Fexofenadine

Very
 2 3%
Somewhat
 5 7%
A little
 6 9%
Not at all
 54 81%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Fexofenadine

$200+
 1 2%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 13 27%
< $25
 35 71%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.