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What is Acarbose?
Acarbose is an antidiabetic agent, alpha-glucosidase inhibitor. It is used to treat type 2 diabetes.
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Reported Purpose & Efficacy
| Purpose | # of patients |
# of patients with evaluations
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes Type 2 | 2 | 1 |
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| Support weight loss | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Improve communication | 1 | 1 |
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| General health | 1 | 0 |
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Reported Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor's advice | 1 |  |
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| Other | 1 | |
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| Course of treatment ended | 1 | |
Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼
Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of Acarbose
Always |
0 | 0% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Usually |
1 | 50% |
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Sometimes |
0 | 0% |
|
Never |
1 | 50% |
|
Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Acarbose
Very |
0 | 0% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Somewhat |
0 | 0% |
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A little |
0 | 0% |
|
Not at all |
2 | 100% |
|
Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Acarbose
$200+ |
0 | 0% |
|
|---|---|---|---|
$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
|
$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
|
$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
|
< $25 |
1 | 100% |
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Patient Evaluations
See all 2 patient evaluations
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- shankra
- 20 mg daily
- since Jan 12, 2009
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Efficacy
None
for Improve communication
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Side Effects
Mild
- See full evaluation
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- Glenn Govednik
- 50 mg daily
- since Mar 09, 2011
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Efficacy
Major
for Diabetes Type 2
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 2 patient evaluations
Report created on February 11, 2012.