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What is Doxazosin?

Doxazosin is an alpha blocker used in the treatment of hypertension alone or in conjunction with diuretics, ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, or calcium antagonists; treatment of urinary outflow obstruction and/or obstructive and irritative symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Elevated blood pressure 24 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Bladder problems 22 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 10 1 Efficacy_major
Hypertension 4 0
BPH (Benign prostatic hyperplasia) 4 1 Efficacy_major
Support urinary health 2 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 66 patients currently taking Doxazosin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 3
Moderate
 2
Mild
 4
None
 4

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

Dizziness 2
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 2
Fainting 1
Sedation 1
Blood pressure decreased 1
Edema (fluid retention) 1
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Reported Dosages

  1 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 5 mg daily 6 mg daily 8 mg daily 16 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 17 Number of Patients: 17 2 Number of Patients: 2 19 Number of Patients: 19 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 17 Number of Patients: 17 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Doxazosin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 40%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 20%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 20%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 20%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 10%
Other 1   Other: 10%

See all 10 patients who’ve stopped taking Doxazosin

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

Currently Taking Doxazosin

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

Stopped Taking Doxazosin

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Doxazosin

Always
 11 85%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 8%
Never
 1 8%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Doxazosin

Very
 2 15%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 11 85%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Doxazosin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 5 100%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.