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What is Arcalion?

Arcalion is a brand name for sulbutiamine, which is a precursor to thiamine (i.e., vitamin B1).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 1 1 Efficacy_slight
General health 1 1 Efficacy_major
Brain fog 1 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 2 patients currently taking Arcalion

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 3

Reported Dosages

  2 daily 200 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Arcalion (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 50%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 50%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 50%

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

Currently Taking Arcalion

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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 Arcalion

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Arcalion

Always
 2 67%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 33%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Arcalion

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Arcalion

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

Report created on May 28, 2012.