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What is Cefuroxime?

Cefuroxime is a second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections including Lyme's disease.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Sinusitis 5 0
Lyme Disease 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Pneumonia symptoms 1 0
Sinus infection 1 0
Sinusitis symptoms 1 1 Efficacy_major

See all 3 patients currently taking Cefuroxime

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 2

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

Acid reflux 1
Diarrhea 1
Stomach pain 1
Bad taste in mouth 1
Allergic reaction 1
Allergies 1

Reported Dosages

  250 mg daily 500 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Cefuroxime (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 7   Course of treatment ended: 50%
Doctor's advice 3   Doctor's advice: 21%
Other 3   Other: 21%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 14%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 14%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 7%

See all 14 patients who’ve stopped taking Cefuroxime

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

Currently Taking Cefuroxime

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

Stopped Taking Cefuroxime

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Cefuroxime

Always
 4 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Cefuroxime

Very
 2 50%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 2 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Cefuroxime

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 2 67%
< $25
 1 33%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.