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What is Trifluoperazine?

Trifluoperazine is an antipsychotic agent. It may be used in high doses to treat schizophrenia, paranoia, or agitation, or in low doses to treat anxiety, nausea, or vomiting.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Anxious mood 3 2 Efficacy_slight
Auditory hallucinations 1 0
Schizophrenia 1 0
Psychosis Disorder 1 0
Delusions 1 0
Support mental / emotional health 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 1

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

Dry mouth (xerostomia) 1

Reported Dosages

  5mg as needed 5 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Trifluoperazine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2   Other: 50%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 25%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 25%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 25%

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

Currently Taking Trifluoperazine

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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 Trifluoperazine

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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 Trifluoperazine

Always
 2 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Trifluoperazine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Trifluoperazine

$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 May 27, 2012.