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What is Phenazopyridine?

This medication comes as a tablet you take for relief of urinary tract pain, burning, irritation, and discomfort, as well as urgent and frequent urination caused by urinary tract infections, surgery, injury, or examination procedures. It is not an antibiotic; it does not cure infections.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) 14 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Bladder problems 9 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 6 0
UTI symptoms 5 1 Efficacy_moderate
Interstitial Cystitis 3 1 Efficacy_major
Urinary burning 1 1 Efficacy_major

See all 20 patients currently taking Phenazopyridine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 5
None
 6

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

Urine orange color 4
Dizziness and feeling faint 1
urine staining of clothing 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Phenazopyridine. See all 11 dosages ►

  1tab(s) as needed 200mg as needed 2 100mg as needed 3 100mg as needed as needed 100mg as needed 95mg as needed 3 200mg as needed 100 mg daily 200 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Phenazopyridine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 14   Course of treatment ended: 58%
Other 6   Other: 25%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 8%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 4%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 4%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 4%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 4%

See all 23 patients who’ve stopped taking Phenazopyridine

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

Currently Taking Phenazopyridine

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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

Stopped Taking Phenazopyridine

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Phenazopyridine

Always
 12 92%
Usually
 1 8%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Phenazopyridine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 13 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Phenazopyridine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 11%
< $25
 8 89%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.