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Brand Names: Neupro Patch

What is Rotigotine? Rotigotine, a dopamine agonist drug delivered slowly across the skin by means of a transdermal patch, worn for 24hrs at a time. The aim is to provide a slow, steady stream of dopamine in order to reduce symptoms and on/off fluctuations. Read more...Click to read more below

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Schwarz's Rotigotine site


Reasons Taken

127 patients in the community are taking or have taken Rotigotine.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Treat Parkinson's 108 88%
Stiffness/spasticity 9 7%
Other 3 2%
Slowness 1 <1%
Loss of coordination/balance 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Rotigotine.

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  0 mg day 0 day 0 mg none 2 mg day 4 mg day 4 day 6 mg day 8 mg day 12 mg day 18 mg day 25 mg day
  4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 13 Number of Patients: 13 9 Number of Patients: 9 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 19 Number of Patients: 19 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Duration

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

Currently taking Rotigotine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
4
28
13
3

Stopped taking Rotigotine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
13
9
15
17
1
2
Why Patients Stopped Taking Rotigotine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 22 39% Other: 39%
Side effects too severe 15 27% Side effects too severe: 27%
Doctor's advice 12 21% Doctor's advice: 21%
Did not seem to work 11 20% Did not seem to work: 20%
Not indicated 5 9% Not indicated: 9%
Course of treatment ended 3 5% Course of treatment ended: 5%
Personal research 2 4% Personal research: 4%
Expense 1 2% Expense: 2%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and the individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 1
Treat Parkinson's

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 1

Top reported side-effects include:

Adherence

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

Burden

Major 0%
Moderate 100%
Slight 0%
None 0%

Cost

$200+ 0%
$100-199 100%
$50-99 0%
$25-49 0%
less than $25 0%

Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)

  • Marshview
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: mild
    Chest: mild
    Legs: mild
    See profile
  • Marshview
  • by Marshview
    Apr 03, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone

  • Treat Parkinson's
Advice/Tips
I have nothing but good news to say about Neupro. I had virtually no "Off" time. I had no symptoms. I am awaiting its return.

See all evaluation results for Rotigotine



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