Filter by: patients
Home > Community Treatment Reports and Side Effects > Ethambutol Treatment Report
What is Ethambutol?

Ethambutol is an antitubercular agent used in the treatment of tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases in conjunction with other antituberculosis agents.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) 1 0
MAC (Mycobacterium Avium Complex) 1 0

See all 4 patients currently taking Ethambutol

Mouse over the table for more information

Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Dosages

  100 mg daily 800 mg daily 1,200 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ethambutol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 67%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Ethambutol

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

Currently Taking Ethambutol

A bar graph

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 Ethambutol

A bar graph

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 Ethambutol

Always
 1 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ethambutol

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 100%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ethambutol

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

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Report created on May 28, 2012.