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What is Diclofenac?

Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) taken to reduce inflammation and pain in conditions such as in arthritis or acute injury. Preparations available as diclofenac sodium, diclofenac potassium, diclofenac epolamine.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 173 42 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Migraine 61 12 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Arthritis pain 39 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Fibromyalgia 36 13 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Inflammation 36 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Joint pain 26 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 404 patients currently taking Diclofenac

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Diclofenac. See all 68 dosages ►

  sodium25mg as needed sodium75mg as needed sodium50mg as needed 1% as needed 1 g daily 4 g daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily
  8 Number of Patients: 8 13 Number of Patients: 13 11 Number of Patients: 11 40 Number of Patients: 40 12 Number of Patients: 12 10 Number of Patients: 10 29 Number of Patients: 29 36 Number of Patients: 36 39 Number of Patients: 39 122 Number of Patients: 122  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Diclofenac (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 72   Did not seem to work: 38%
Doctor's advice 39   Doctor's advice: 21%
Side effects too severe 38   Side effects too severe: 20%
Other 26   Other: 14%
Course of treatment ended 24   Course of treatment ended: 13%
Personal research 7   Personal research: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 6   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 6   Not indicated: 3%
Expense 5   Expense: 3%

See all 175 patients who’ve stopped taking Diclofenac

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

Currently Taking Diclofenac

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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 Diclofenac

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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 Diclofenac

Always
 78 60%
Usually
 25 19%
Sometimes
 22 17%
Never
 6 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Diclofenac

Very
 7 5%
Somewhat
 14 11%
A little
 24 18%
Not at all
 86 66%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Diclofenac

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 1%
$50-99
 6 8%
$25-49
 15 19%
< $25
 58 73%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.