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What is Phendimetrazine?

Phendimetrazine is a drug with pharmacologic properties similar to the amphetamines. It is used as an appetite suppressant in the treatment of obesity.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 3 3 Efficacy_moderate
Obsession with weight loss 2 0
Support weight loss 1 1 Efficacy_major

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 3

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

Weight loss 1

Reported Dosages

  70 mg daily 105 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Phendimetrazine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2   Other: 50%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 25%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 25%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 25%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped taking Phendimetrazine

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

Stopped Taking Phendimetrazine

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Phendimetrazine

Always
 2 50%
Usually
 2 50%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Phendimetrazine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 4 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Phendimetrazine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 25%
< $25
 3 75%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.