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Rasagiline Treatment Report

Brand Names: Azilect, Agilect
Generic Name: 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.

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Reasons taken

575 patients in the community are taking or have taken Rasagiline.

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Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Treat Parkinson's 388 67%
Other 27 4%
Stiffness/Spasticity 14 2%
Support another treatment 11 1%
disease-related symptoms 3 <1%
Mobility 3 <1%
Slowness 2 <1%
Don't know 2 <1%
Tremors 2 <1%
Anxiety 2 <1%

Other treatments patients are taking for Treat Parkinson's include Carbidopa-Levodopa, Ropinirole, and Pramipexole.

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Rasagiline.

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All (Show top 10)

  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
  19 Number of Patients: 19 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 73 Number of Patients: 73 385 Number of Patients: 385 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Rasagiline or how long patients were taking Rasagiline before stopping.

Currently Taking Rasagiline

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
20
22
78
92
112

Stopped Taking Rasagiline

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
15
22
15
15
13
7
Why Patients Stopped Taking Rasagiline (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 38 43% Side effects too severe: 43%
Did not seem to work 36 41% Did not seem to work: 41%
Doctor's advice 22 25% Doctor's advice: 25%
Other 14 16% Other: 16%
Expense 8 9% Expense: 9%
Personal research 7 8% Personal research: 8%
Not indicated 1 1% Not indicated: 1%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 137 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 27% 29
Moderate 25% 27
Slight 17% 18
None 8% 9
Can't tell 24% 26

Treat Parkinson's

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 6% 8
Moderate 7% 10
Mild 17% 23
None 70% 96

Top reported side-effects include: Urinary frequency, Anxiety, Headaches

Summary results are based on 137 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 137)

  • ronnie
    Sex: F
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: mild
    Chest: none
    Legs: mild
    See profile
  • ronnie
  • by ronnie
    Aug 19, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Treat Parkinson's

  • Ladyhawk
    Sex: F
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: none
    Chest: none
    Legs: mild
    See profile
  • Ladyhawk
  • by Ladyhawk
    Aug 20, 2008
  • EfficacySlight
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Treat Parkinson's

See all evaluation results for Rasagiline

Report created on November 08, 2009.