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Rasagiline Treatment Report

Most Popular Brands: Azilect, Agilect

See patients taking Rasagiline

What is Rasagiline?

Rasagiline is an anti-Parkinson's agent and MAO inhibitor which can enhance the activity of dopamine. It is used for initial monotherapy or as adjunct to levodopa in the treatment of idiopathic Parkinson's disease.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken	# of patients	# of patients evaluated by
Treat Parkinson's	401	111
Other	31	13
Stiffness/Spasticity	18	5
Support another treatment	13	5
Mobility	3	1
disease-related symptoms	3	0
Tremors	2	2
Anxiety	2	1
Slowness	2	1
drug study 06/2006 - 12/2007	1	0
PD	1	0
prevent progression of parkinsons	1	1
General health	1	2
Support other Parkinson's treatments	1	0
continued taking after study	1	0
Parkinson's Diseaseson's Disease	1	0
prevention	1	1
Fatigue	1	0
stiffness, spasticity	1	1
Slow down progression of PD symptoms	1	0
Tremors, hands	1	0
on/off	1	1
Neuro-protection	1	0
Freezing of gait	1	0
unstable gait	1	0
tremor, hand	1	1
possible effect on progression of parkinsons'	1	1
Don't know	1	0
Balance problems	1	1
SLOW PROGRESSION	1	1
Memory problems	1	0
Excess saliva	1	0

See all 32 reasons taken ▼

See all 502 patients currently taking Rasagiline

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	8	6%
Moderate	9	7%
Mild	25	18%
None	96	70%

Most commonly reported side effects

Urinary frequency	16	12%
Anxiety	11	8%
Headaches	8	6%
Difficulty falling asleep (sleep onset insomnia)	7	5%
severe skin rash	6	4%
Heart Palpitations	5	4%
Nausea	5	4%
stuffy head and nose	4	3%
Dry mouth at night	3	2%
increased blood pressure	3	2%
High blood pressure (Hypertension)	2	1%
Dizziness	2	1%
labile blood pressure	1	1%
Tremors	1	1%
stiffness in rightside	1	1%
sensitivity to light	1	1%
Swollen feet	1	1%
random movements	1	1%
Depression	1	1%
hair loss	1	1%
Dyskinesia	1	1%
tyramine reaction	1	1%
Drowsiness	1	1%
tremor	1	1%
Orthostatic/Postural Hypotension	1	1%
Bruxism/teeth grinding	1	1%
Muscle spasms	1	1%
hypertensive crisis	1	1%
cognitive difficulties	1	1%
cheese effect	1	1%
nausia	1	1%
Facial Dystonia	1	1%

Mild
Moderate
Severe

See all 32 reported side effects ▼

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Rasagiline. See all 11 dosages ►

daily	0.05 mg daily	0.3 mg daily	0.5 mg daily	1 mg daily	1.5 mg daily	2 mg daily	3 mg daily	5 mg daily	6 mg daily	1000 mg daily
20	2	1	79	391	3	4	2	4	1	1

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Rasagiline (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe	38	43%
Did not seem to work	35	39%
Doctor's advice	22	25%
Other	14	16%
Expense	8	9%
Personal research	7	8%
Not indicated	1	1%

See all 87 patients who’ve stopped taking Rasagiline

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Rasagiline

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
5	17	20	81	96	104

Stopped Taking Rasagiline

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
15	23	15	14	14	7

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always	122	88%
Usually	12	9%
Sometimes	1	1%
Never	3	2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very	9	7%
Somewhat	12	9%
A little	19	14%
Not at all	98	71%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+	9	7%
$100-199	8	6%
$50-99	14	10%
$25-49	29	21%
< $25	45	33%

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Patient Evaluations

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Marshview

Sex: M

Mouth/throat: mild

Arms: mild

Chest: mild

Legs: mild

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Marshview

1 mg daily

since Nov 14, 2009
Efficacy Moderate for Treat Parkinson's
Side Effects Mild
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Ladyhawk

Sex: F

Mouth/throat: none

Arms: none

Chest: none

Legs: mild

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Ladyhawk

1.5 mg daily

since Aug 20, 2008
Efficacy Slight for Treat Parkinson's
Side Effects None
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scooter78666

Sex: M

Mouth/throat: mild

Arms: mild

Chest: mild

Legs: mild

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scooter78666

since Aug 29, 2008
Efficacy Can't tell for Treat Parkinson's
Side Effects Severe
Advice/Tips The MOST important advice, is that Azilect has some undesirable raections with certain other meds, including, so I am told, certain commonly used anesthetics... See full evaluation