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What is Budesonide?

Budesonide is a corticosteroid. Intranasal it is used for symptoms of seasonal or perennial rhinitis. Nebulizer or inhalation delivery is used for Maintenance and prophylactic treatment of asthma. The oral capsule is used to treat active Crohn's disease (CD) or to maintain remission of CD. 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
Asthma 50 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Crohn's Disease 15 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Asthma 15 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Cystic Fibrosis 14 1 Efficacy_none
Allergies 9 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) 8 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 4
Mild
 3
None
 23

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

Insomnia 1
Nausea 1
Dizziness 1
Brain fog 1
Diarrhea 1
Paranoia 1
See all 11 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Budesonide. See all 41 dosages ►

  0.032 mg daily 0.064 mg daily 0.25 mg/2 mL daily 2 x 0.25 mg/2 mL daily 2 x 0.5 mg/2 mL daily 3 mg daily 9 mg daily 90 mcg daily 180 mcg daily 400 mcg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 6 Number of Patients: 6 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5 5 Number of Patients: 5 12 Number of Patients: 12 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Budesonide (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 17   Did not seem to work: 33%
Doctor's advice 15   Doctor's advice: 29%
Course of treatment ended 13   Course of treatment ended: 25%
Other 5   Other: 10%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 6%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 6%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 4%
Expense 1   Expense: 2%

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

Currently Taking Budesonide

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

Stopped Taking Budesonide

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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 Budesonide

Always
 21 68%
Usually
 5 16%
Sometimes
 3 10%
Never
 2 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Budesonide

Very
 1 3%
Somewhat
 5 16%
A little
 1 3%
Not at all
 24 77%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Budesonide

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 4 18%
$25-49
 6 27%
< $25
 12 55%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.