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What is Apomorphine?

Apomorphine is a dopamine agonist that is used for the treatment of hypomobility, "off" episodes with Parkinson's disease. Off label it is used to treat erectile dysfunction. Apomorphine can induce vomiting so it is recommended that antiemetic therapy should start before initiation of treatment.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Parkinson's Disease 9 6 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 4 1 Efficacy_major
Slowness 2 1 Efficacy_major
Stiffness/Spasticity 2 0
Improve mobility 2 1 Efficacy_moderate
to become "on" when unexpectedly off 1 1 Efficacy_major

See all 19 patients currently taking Apomorphine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 4
Mild
 4
None
 2

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

Dyskinesia 2
Nausea 1
Excessive yawning 1
Runny nose (rhinorrhea) 1
Motion sickness 1
Tiredness 1
See all 10 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Apomorphine. See all 17 dosages ►

  6mg as needed daily 0.02 mL daily 0.3 mg daily 1.8 mg daily 2 mg daily 4 mg daily 9 mg daily 10 mg daily 40 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Apomorphine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4   Other: 40%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 20%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 20%
Expense 1   Expense: 10%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 10%

See all 9 patients who’ve stopped taking Apomorphine

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

Currently Taking Apomorphine

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

Stopped Taking Apomorphine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Apomorphine

Always
 2 17%
Usually
 6 50%
Sometimes
 3 25%
Never
 1 8%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Apomorphine

Very
 1 8%
Somewhat
 2 17%
A little
 5 42%
Not at all
 4 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Apomorphine

$200+
 1 20%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 20%
< $25
 3 60%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.