Docusate-senna Treatment Report

Category: Prescription Drugs

Most Popular Types: Laxsol

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See also: Docusoft S

What is Docusate-senna?

An example of Docusate-senna

Docusate and senna is a combination of a stimulant laxative and a stool softener, used for the short term treatment of constipation.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
5 1 Efficacy_slight
1 0
1 1 Efficacy_moderate
1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0
Moderate
0
Mild
1
None
0

Reported Dosages

  50 mg-8.6 mg daily 65 mg-10 mg daily 2 x 50 mg-8.6 mg daily 2 x 65 mg-10 mg daily 4 x 50 mg-8.6 mg daily 4 x 65 mg-10 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Docusate-senna (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 1   Other: 50%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 50%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 50%

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Currently Taking Docusate-senna

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

Stopped Taking Docusate-senna

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Docusate-senna

Always
1 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Docusate-senna

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Docusate-senna

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

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1 patient evaluation for Docusate-senna

Purposes: ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and Constipation (Started Mar 31, 2009)
Date Dosage ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Perceived effectiveness Constipation Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
May 06, 2011 4 x 50 mg-8.6 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate Led_efficacy_2Led_efficacy_2Led_defaultLed_defaultSlight MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Apr 28, 2011 4 x 50 mg-8.6 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
Feb 17, 2011 4 x 50 mg-8.6 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways Not at allNot at allNot at allNot at allNot at all
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What is docusate-senna?


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Other Names

Doculax, Dok Plus, Ex-Lax Gentle Strength, Gentlax S, Peri-Colace, Senna Plus, Senna S, Sennalax-S, SenoSol-SS, Senokot S, docusate-senna, senna-docusate, and Doc-Q-Lax

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