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What is Detrol LA?

Detrol LA is a brand name for a long acting preparation of tolterodine is an antimuscarinic drug used to treat bladder urgency. It reduces strong sensations of needing to go the bathroom urgently by relaxing the muscles which contract when the bladder needs to be emptied.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 3 0
General health 2 0
Urinary urgency 2 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

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

Dosages

  2 mg daily 4 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Detrol LA (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
2 100% Did not seem to work: 100%
Doctor's advice
1 50% Doctor's advice: 50%
Not indicated
1 50% Not indicated: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Detrol LA

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Detrol LA

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

Stopped Taking Detrol LA

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on November 22, 2009.