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What is Uroxatral? Uroxatral is a brand name for the drug Alfuzosin, an alpha-blocker used in men to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Read more...Click to read more below

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Sanofi-Aventis's Uroxatral site


Reasons Taken

10 patients in the community are taking or have taken Uroxatral.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Bladder problems 5 50%
Other 2 20%
Incontinence 1 10%
Urinary urgency 1 10%
General health 1 10%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Uroxatral.

  0 mg day 10 mg day
  1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Uroxatral or how long patients were taking Uroxatral before stopping.

Currently taking Uroxatral

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

Stopped taking Uroxatral

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
1
1
1
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking Uroxatral (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 4 100% Did not seem to work: 100%
Doctor's advice 2 50% Doctor's advice: 50%
Course of treatment ended 1 25% Course of treatment ended: 25%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 1 patient evaluation. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Can't tell 100% 1

Bladder problems

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 1

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 1 individual response. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 1)

  • philiph
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: severe
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: mild
    Walking: moderate
  • philiph
  • by philiph
    Nov 14, 2008
  • EfficacyCan't tell
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Bladder problems

See all evaluation results for Uroxatral



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