asenapine Treatment Report

Category: Prescription Drugs

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What is asenapine?

An example of asenapine

Asenapine is an atypical antipsychotic used for acute treatment of schizophrenia in adults and acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in adults. It is available as a tablet that should be dissolved underneath the tongue two times per day.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
24 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
14 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
6 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
4 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
3 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
3 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

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Reported Dosages

  1 mcg daily 1 mg daily 1 other daily 1 tablet(s) daily 2 other daily 2 tablet(s) daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 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 3 Number of Patients: 3 6 Number of Patients: 6 12 Number of Patients: 12 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking asenapine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 21   Side effects too severe: 60%
Did not seem to work 9   Did not seem to work: 26%
Doctor's advice 7   Doctor's advice: 20%
Other 4   Other: 11%
Expense 3   Expense: 9%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 6%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 6%

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

Currently Taking asenapine

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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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Stopped Taking asenapine

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of asenapine

Always
 30 75%
Usually
 5 13%
Sometimes
 5 13%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of asenapine

Very
 6 15%
Somewhat
 12 30%
A little
 11 28%
Not at all
 11 28%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of asenapine

$200+
 1 4%
$100-199
 3 12%
$50-99
 5 19%
$25-49
 2 8%
< $25
 15 58%

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6 patient evaluations for asenapine

Purpose: Major Depressive Disorder (Started Mar 21, 2012)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Jun 22, 2012 10 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate MildMildMildMildMild UsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsuallyUsually A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Date
Jun 22, 2012
Advice & Tips
Ugh, the cherry taste (it's a sublingual med) is horrendous, though I was told the original unflavored was even worse. Hard to imagine! =) That said, it actually helps me sleep better than the trazadone because it doesn't seem to cause the bizarre lucid dreams that trazadone gives me.
Cost
< $25 monthly
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    Sex: F
    Data Quality: 3 stars
    Bipolar I
    Depression: 1
    Mania: 0
    Emotional: 0
    Anxiety: 0
    Compulsion: 0
    External Stress: Moderate
    Rx Therapy
    57 F
    Function: High
    Distress: Low
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Purpose: Bipolar I Disorder (Started Apr 05, 2012)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
May 01, 2012 5 mg Daily ?Can't tell NoneNoneNoneNoneNone SometimesSometimesSometimesSometimesSometimes VeryVeryVeryVeryVery
Date
May 01, 2012
Advice & Tips
packaging major hassle
Cost
< $25 monthly
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Purpose: Schizophrenia (Started Apr 15, 2010)
Date Dosage Perceived effectiveness Side Effects Adherence Burden
Feb 07, 2012 20 mg Daily Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major MildMildMildMildMild AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways A littleA littleA littleA littleA little
Jun 13, 2010 As needed Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Led_efficacy_4Major NoneNoneNoneNoneNone AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Apr 19, 2010 20 mg Daily Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_efficacy_3Led_defaultModerate ModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate AlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlwaysAlways SomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhatSomewhat
Side effects:
Bad taste in mouth
Date
Jun 13, 2010
Advice & Tips
Though the taste is horrible, this is honestly the best psychiatric medication I have ever taken. It has nearly eliminated all of my schizophrenic symptoms including visual and auditory hallucinations, paranoia, racing thoughts, and disorganized thoughts, speech and behavior - Just to name a few. I have never felt better since I've been on this, and it works quickly if you need an emergency dose - in about 10 minutes I can feel a difference. I highly suggest you try this medication. The side effects are nearly non-existent.
Cost
$50-99 monthly
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