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What is Hyoscyamine?

Hyoscyamine is an anticholinergic drug used in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders including cramp, irritable bowel syndrome, and peptic ulcers; for rigidity, tremors, excess saliva in parkinsonism; as a drying agent in acute rhinitis. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) 41 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Bowel irritability 29 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Excess saliva 14 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Abdominal pain 10 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 9 0
Bladder problems 6 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 3
Mild
 4
None
 18

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

Dry mouth (xerostomia) 3
Dry eyes 1
Blurry vision 1
Abdominal cramps 1
Chronic constipation 1
Excessive dry mouth 1
See all 7 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Hyoscyamine. See all 26 dosages ►

  0.125mg as needed 2 0.125mg as needed 0.375mg as needed 0.125mg/5mL as needed 0.125 mg daily 0.125 mg/5 mL daily 0.25 mg daily 0.375 mg daily 4 x 0.125 mg/5 mL daily 0.75 mg daily
  31 Number of Patients: 31 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 12 Number of Patients: 12 2 Number of Patients: 2 11 Number of Patients: 11  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Hyoscyamine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 17   Did not seem to work: 45%
Other 13   Other: 34%
Side effects too severe 6   Side effects too severe: 16%
Course of treatment ended 5   Course of treatment ended: 13%
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 11%
Expense 3   Expense: 8%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 5%

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

Currently Taking Hyoscyamine

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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 Hyoscyamine

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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 Hyoscyamine

Always
 9 36%
Usually
 14 56%
Sometimes
 1 4%
Never
 1 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Hyoscyamine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 4%
A little
 4 16%
Not at all
 20 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Hyoscyamine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 8%
< $25
 12 92%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.