108 patient evaluations for Amantadine

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Nov 2, 2010 (Started Dec 28, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fatigue)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: dry tongue, dry mouth

Jan 28, 2010 (Started Dec 28, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for fatigue)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It makes me a little more active during the day but I am not sleeping through the night so I am backing down the dosage or take the secound dosage earlyer.
Side effects: dry tongue, dry mouth
  • 0 helpful marks

May 17, 2010 (Started Jun 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fatigue)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (livedo reticularis)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Discontinued due to side effect of Livedo Reticularis
Side effects: livedo reticularis

Jan 1, 2010 (Started Jun 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fatigue)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (livedo reticularis)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Use of this medication has significantly improved early morning fatigue by 90% efficacy.
Side effects: livedo reticularis

Oct 15, 2009 (Started Jun 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for fatigue)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Side effects: livedo reticularis
  • 1 helpful mark

Apr 15, 2010 (Started Jul 09, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for tremor(s))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: leg swelling was a problem and reversed when stopping the med.
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 1, 2001 (Started Oct 01, 2001)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for jerky movements)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (fluid retention weight gain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: weight gain
Side effects: fluid retention weight gain
  • 1 helpful mark

Jun 23, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 1983)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I have taken this drug for close over 20 years and haven't had to change the dosage. The wonderful thingwith this drug is that it is also an anti-virual medication and I tolerate it well.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jan 1, 1980 (Started Jan 01, 1983)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: This was the drug I have taken for over 15 years and never increased the dosage. It definatetly has with my stiffness.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 31, 2010 (Started Jun 10, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: It's hard to tell if this is doing anything at all because when I miss a dose, my symptom don't change.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: fatigue

Sep 11, 2008 (Started Jun 10, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: fatigue
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 30, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Initially I felt an improvement in my balance and my gait. Neverteless, I had a fall in April. Still don't know just what happened...only that I was suddenly falling through space toward a door jamb. No damage done. I developed splotchy, purple, blood-shot ankles and went off the Amantadine (200 mg/day) This was a few weeks after being started on Ropinirole. (.50 mg 3 times a day). Ankles seem to be clearing up.
  • 0 helpful marks

May 23, 2010 (Started Feb 08, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 3 x 50 mg/5 mL Daily
Advice & Tips: In 2008, I was taking Amantadine capsules but dropped them for some reason which I didn't record. The syrup was recommended by a PA in my neurologist's office. My primary management problems with it are related to its form: 1) my wife requires me to keep it in the kitchen where I sometimes forget to take it; 2) I use a cylindrical dosage device which holds 10ml and I tried measuring it painstakingly at 5ml until I noticed that the specified dosage is 1 to 2 teaspoons full (5 to 10 ml) twice a day; so now I fill the device about 2/3 full (7.5 to 8.5 ml) and don't worry about the variation in the dosage
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 18, 2010 (Started Oct 21, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: skin rash, dizziness

Feb 17, 2010 (Started Oct 21, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: skin rash, dizziness

Nov 24, 2009 (Started Oct 21, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (dizziness, skin rash)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: skin rash, dizziness

Oct 27, 2009 (Started Oct 21, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (dizziness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly
Side effects: skin rash, dizziness
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 9, 2008 (Started Dec 09, 1993)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fatigue)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg One time
  • 0 helpful marks
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