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What is Dicyclomine?

Dicyclomine is an anticholinergic medication used to treat the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. It relieves muscle spasms in the gastrointestinal tract.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) 90 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Bowel irritability 65 21 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Bowel problems 25 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Stomach pain 9 1 Efficacy_moderate
spasms in the colon 7 3 Efficacy_major
Muscle spasm in stomach 7 2 Efficacy_moderate

See all 158 patients currently taking Dicyclomine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 6
Mild
 10
None
 23

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

Constipation 2
Nausea 2
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 2
Dizziness and feeling faint 2
Light sensitivity (photophobia) 1
Diarrhea 1
See all 14 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Dicyclomine. See all 22 dosages ►

  20 mg all the time (24/7) 2 10mg as needed 20mg as needed 10mg as needed 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 20 Number of Patients: 20 31 Number of Patients: 31 23 Number of Patients: 23 13 Number of Patients: 13 16 Number of Patients: 16 21 Number of Patients: 21 7 Number of Patients: 7 12 Number of Patients: 12  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Dicyclomine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 26   Did not seem to work: 50%
Course of treatment ended 12   Course of treatment ended: 23%
Side effects too severe 9   Side effects too severe: 17%
Doctor's advice 7   Doctor's advice: 13%
Other 6   Other: 12%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 6%
Expense 1   Expense: 2%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 2%

See all 52 patients who’ve stopped taking Dicyclomine

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

Currently Taking Dicyclomine

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

Stopped Taking Dicyclomine

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Dicyclomine

Always
 17 40%
Usually
 14 33%
Sometimes
 10 24%
Never
 1 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Dicyclomine

Very
 3 7%
Somewhat
 1 2%
A little
 6 14%
Not at all
 32 76%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Dicyclomine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 4%
$25-49
 1 4%
< $25
 24 92%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.