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What is Mexiletine?

Mexiletine (Mexitil), an orally taken form of lidocaine, was originally approved to treat irregular heartbeats, but sometimes is effective in the relief of chronic nerve pain.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Myotonia Congenita 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 2 1 Efficacy_slight
Fibromyalgia 1 0
Cramps 1 0
myotonia Congential 1 1 Efficacy_moderate

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Dosages

  daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 450 mg daily 500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Mexiletine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 40%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 20%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 20%
Other 1   Other: 20%

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

Currently Taking Mexiletine

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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
0
0

Stopped Taking Mexiletine

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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 Mexiletine

Always
 3 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Mexiletine

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 33%
A little
 1 33%
Not at all
 1 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Mexiletine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 100%

Report created on May 28, 2012.