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What is Ceftriaxone?

Ceftriaxone is a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic that is used as a broad spectrum agent in the treatment of many types of infections. Off label it is used for sexually-transmitted diseases, Lyme disease, community-acquired pneumonia, typhoid fever and Whipple's disease.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 24 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Lyme Disease 11 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 10 0
Lyme Disease 7 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) 3 0
Participate in clinical trial 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 16 patients currently taking Ceftriaxone

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 1
Mild
 3
None
 5

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

Yeast Infection (candida) 1
Diarrhea 1
Rash or skin problems 1
Gallbladder problems 1
Burning sensation in eyes 1
Gas 1
See all 11 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  1 g/50 mL daily 1 g daily 2 g/50 mL daily 2 g daily 2 x 2 g/50 mL 2 x 2 g/50 mL daily 20 g daily 20 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ceftriaxone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 16   Course of treatment ended: 34%
Did not seem to work 11   Did not seem to work: 23%
Doctor's advice 10   Doctor's advice: 21%
Other 8   Other: 17%
Side effects too severe 5   Side effects too severe: 11%
Not indicated 4   Not indicated: 9%

See all 45 patients who’ve stopped taking Ceftriaxone

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

Currently Taking Ceftriaxone

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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

Stopped Taking Ceftriaxone

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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 Ceftriaxone

Always
 11 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ceftriaxone

Very
 3 27%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 5 45%
Not at all
 3 27%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ceftriaxone

$200+
 2 25%
$100-199
 2 25%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 50%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.