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What is Stemetil?

Stemetil is a brand name for the drug Prochlorperazine, a highly potent typical antipsychotic drug of the phenothiazine class which is now more frequently used for the treatment of nausea and vertigo.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 3 0
Nausea and vomiting 2 1 Efficacy_moderate
Dizziness (vertigo) 1 0
Migraine headaches 1 1 Efficacy_slight
Nausea 1 0
Sickness 1 0

See all 3 patients currently taking Stemetil

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Dosages

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

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Stemetil (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 50%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 50%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 25%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 25%

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

Stopped Taking Stemetil

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Stemetil

Always
 1 50%
Usually
 1 50%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Stemetil

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 50%
Not at all
 1 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Stemetil

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

Report created on May 27, 2012.