What is Ziconotide?

Category: Prescription Drugs

Most popular types: Immunovir Prialt pump Prialt

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Ziconotide is a generic for Prialt. It can treat severe chronic pain.

Reported purpose & perceived effectiveness
Purpose Patients Evaluations Perceived Effectiveness
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome 3 4
Fibromyalgia 2 3
Abdominal pain 1 0
Human herpesvirus 6 1 2
Support immune health 1 2

  • Major
  • Moderate
  • Slight
  • None
  • Can't tell

Side effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Side effects as an overall problem
Severity Evaluations Percentage
Severe 0
Moderate 4
Mild 1
None 2

Commonly reported side effects and conditions associated with Ziconotide

Side effect Patients Percentage
Fatigue at the beginning of treatment 1
Headaches 1
Malaise 1
Mouth sores (ulcers) 1

Why patients stopped taking Ziconotide

Multiple reasons could be selected

Reason Patients Percentage
Course of treatment ended 3
Did not seem to work 3
Doctor's advice 3
Expense 1
Other 1
See all 7 patients who've stopped taking Ziconotide

Duration

Stopped taking Ziconotide

Duration Patients Percentage
Less than 1 month 1
1 - 6 months 3
6 months - 1 year 1
Adherence
Adherence Evaluations Percentage
Always 5
Usually 2
Sometimes 0
Never taken as prescribed 0
Burden
Burden Evaluations Percentage
Very hard to take 0
Somewhat hard to take 0
A little hard to take 4
Not at all hard to take 3
Cost per month
Cost per month Evaluations Percentage
$200+ 1
$100-199 1
$50-99 1
$25-49 1
< $25 0
Not specified 3

What people switch to and from

Patients stopped taking Ziconotide and switched to:

Treatment Patients Percentage
Dronabinol (Marinol) 1
Last updated:
There are no evaluations for Ziconotide.