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Patients

Taking Fexofenadine
38 Patients currently take Fexofenadine
6 Patients stopped taking Fexofenadine
new_me Depression: 3 Emotional: 2 Compulsion: 3 Anxiety: 2 Mania: 1 Physical: 1 External Stress: Overwhelming 43 F Function: Low Distress: Moderate See profile new_me Allegra, 180mg daily since Jan 01, 1985
Darr Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile Darr Allegra, 360mg daily since Jan 29, 2008
Dirty Butter Mouth/throat: none Arms: mild Chest: none Legs: mild See profile Dirty Butter Allegra, 60mg daily since Jan 01, 2001

Brand Names: Allegra
Generic Name: Fexofenadine

What is Fexofenadine? Fexofenadine is an allergy medicine taken for seasonal allergies and hives, to relieve symptoms like itchy eyes, runny nose, and sneezing. Unlike some other allergy medication fexofenadine does not cause drowsiness and driving is not contraindicated. Read more...

Jump to:: Reasons Taken; Dosages; Duration; Patient Evaluations

Reasons Taken

44 patients in the community are taking or have taken Fexofenadine.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	27	61%
General health	10	22%
Seasonal allergies	2	4%
environmental and chemical allergies	1	2%
Headache	1	2%
Swallowing	1	2%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Fexofenadine.

0 mg day	0 mg none	20 mg day	50 mg day	60 mg day	100 mg day	120 mg day	180 mg day	360 mg day
5	3	1	1	4	1	2	18	1

Duration

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

Currently taking Fexofenadine

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
0	2	1	6	8	16

Stopped taking Fexofenadine

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

Why Patients Stopped Taking Fexofenadine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work	3	50%
Expense	1	17%
Doctor's advice	1	17%
Side effects too severe	1	17%
Not indicated	1	17%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 7 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	25%	1
Moderate	25%	1
Slight	50%	2

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	0%	0
Mild	0%	0
None	100%	7

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 7 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 7)

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Sensation: Mild

Overall: None

Cognition: none

Vision: none

Speech: none

Swallowing: none

Upper limb: none

Walking: none

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by edawgg
Aug 24, 2008