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What is Vesicare?

Vesicare is a brand name of the drug solifenacin, an anticholinergic medication used to treat overactive bladder. It works by relaxing the bladder muscles to prevent urgent, frequent, or uncontrolled urination. It comes as a tablet taken by mouth, usually once a day, with or without food. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 7 1
Urinary urgency 3 0
General health 2 0
Incontinence 1 0

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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

  5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vesicare (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 25% Did not seem to work: 25%
Doctor's advice
1 25% Doctor's advice: 25%
Side effects too severe
1 25% Side effects too severe: 25%
Other
1 25% Other: 25%

See all 4 patients who’ve stopped taking Vesicare

Currently Taking Vesicare

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
0
0
1
5

Stopped Taking Vesicare

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

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Report created on November 23, 2009.