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What is Hydroxyurea?

Hydroxyurea is an antineoplastic drug used in the treatment of cancer that suppresses the production of blood cell precursors in the bone marrow. It is also used in the treatment of certain leukemias, carcinomas, HIV, and sickle cell anemia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Polycythemia Vera 5 1 Efficacy_major
Essential Thrombocythemia 4 1 Efficacy_major
Sickle Cell Disease 4 0
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 3 0
Other 2 0
Prevent blood clotting 1 0

See all 14 patients currently taking Hydroxyurea

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

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

Fatigue 2
Brain fog 1
Nausea sometimes 1

Reported Dosages

  500 mg m,w,f 300 mg daily 500 mg daily 750 mg daily 1,000 mg daily 8,000 mg weekly 1,500 mg daily 2,000 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Hydroxyurea (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 20%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 20%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 20%
Other 1   Other: 20%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 20%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 20%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Hydroxyurea

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

Currently Taking Hydroxyurea

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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

Stopped Taking Hydroxyurea

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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 Hydroxyurea

Always
 2 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Hydroxyurea

Very
 1 50%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 1 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Hydroxyurea

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

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Report created on May 28, 2012.