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What is Esomeprazole?

Esomeprazole is a proton pump inhibitor. It is used for treatment of gastrointestinal reflux disease; for duodenal and gastric ulcers; and for conditions associated with hypersecretion of gastric acid, including Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Acid reflux 295 65 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease) 222 25 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 74 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
General health 18 1 Efficacy_slight
Increase effect of another treatment 17 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Gastritis 14 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 645 patients currently taking Esomeprazole

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 3
Mild
 14
None
 99

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Esomeprazole

Headaches 2
Nausea 1
Weight gain 1
Indigestion 1
Gas 1
Breakthrough pain 1
See all 9 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Esomeprazole. See all 18 dosages ►

  20mg as needed 40mg as needed daily 40 mg weekly 10 mg daily 40 mg m,w,f 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 80 mg daily 160 mg daily
  7 Number of Patients: 7 11 Number of Patients: 11 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 131 Number of Patients: 131 424 Number of Patients: 424 59 Number of Patients: 59 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Esomeprazole (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 30   Expense: 24%
Did not seem to work 26   Did not seem to work: 21%
Doctor's advice 21   Doctor's advice: 17%
Course of treatment ended 20   Course of treatment ended: 16%
Change in health plan coverage 18   Change in health plan coverage: 14%
Other 18   Other: 14%
Side effects too severe 9   Side effects too severe: 7%
Personal research 6   Personal research: 5%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 2%

See all 119 patients who’ve stopped taking Esomeprazole

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

Currently Taking Esomeprazole

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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 Esomeprazole

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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 Esomeprazole

Always
 91 77%
Usually
 22 19%
Sometimes
 4 3%
Never
 1 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Esomeprazole

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 11 9%
A little
 12 10%
Not at all
 95 81%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Esomeprazole

$200+
 3 3%
$100-199
 4 5%
$50-99
 12 14%
$25-49
 20 23%
< $25
 47 55%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.