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What is Tadalafil?

Tadalafil is a generic name for Adcirca™ used in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension to improve exercise ability. It is also available as Cialis® for the treatment of erectile dysfunction.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Sexual dysfunction 15 4
Erectile dysfunction 7 3
Other 6 0
General health 2 0

See all 32 patients currently taking Tadalafil

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
2 29%
Mild
2 29%
None
3 43%

Most commonly reported side effects

rosacea
1 25%
Pain in lower back
1 25%
headache
1 25%
facial flushing
1 25%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  10mg as needed 20mg as needed 2.5mg as needed 5mg as needed mg as needed 2.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily
  10 Number of Patients: 10 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tadalafil (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
3 50% Other: 50%
Expense
2 33% Expense: 33%
Did not seem to work
1 17% Did not seem to work: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Tadalafil

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Tadalafil

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

Stopped Taking Tadalafil

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
4 57%
Usually
1 14%
Sometimes
1 14%
Never
1 14%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
2 29%
Not at all
5 71%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 14%
$50-99
2 29%
$25-49
2 29%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on March 20, 2010.