Phenylephrine Treatment Report

Category: Over the Counter Drugs

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Generic Name: Phenylephrine

See also: Advil Congestion Relief, Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold

What is Phenylephrine?

An example of Phenylephrine

Phenylephrine hydrochloride is used for the temporary use as symptomatic relief of nasal and nasopharyngeal mucosal congestion, treatment of hemorrhoids, relief of redness of the eye due to irritation.

Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness

Reasons and Perceived effectiveness
Perceived Effectiveness
Purpose # of patients # of patients with evaluations
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
1 0
1 0
1 1 Efficacy_slight
1 1 Efficacy_major
1 0
1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0
Moderate
1
Mild
0
None
2

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

1

Reported Dosages

  0.25%-3% as needed 2 hydrochloride10mg as needed 10mg as needed 0.25%-3% daily 5 mg daily 30 mg daily 120 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Phenylephrine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 1   Other: 100%

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Currently Taking Phenylephrine

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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 Phenylephrine

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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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Phenylephrine

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Phenylephrine

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

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Phenylephrine

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

There are no evaluations for Phenylephrine .

3 additional evaluations for Phenylephrine are not currently shared publicly.

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