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What is Tolterodine?

Tolterodine is an anticholinergic agent used for the treatment of patients with an overactive bladder with symptoms of urinary frequency, urgency, or urge incontinence.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Bladder problems 224 56 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 26 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Incontinence 12 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Neurogenic bladder 12 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Urinary frequency 8 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Urinary urgency 7 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none

See all 242 patients currently taking Tolterodine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 6
Moderate
 6
Mild
 19
None
 50

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

Dry mouth (xerostomia) 17
Dry eyes 3
Constipation 2
Difficulty urinating occasionally 2
Hospitalization 2
Drug ineffective 1
See all 13 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Tolterodine. See all 17 dosages ►

  daily 4mg as needed 1 mg daily 2 mg daily 2.8 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mmol/L daily 4 mg daily 6 mg daily 8 mg daily
  6 Number of Patients: 6 5 Number of Patients: 5 10 Number of Patients: 10 58 Number of Patients: 58 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 147 Number of Patients: 147 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tolterodine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 46   Did not seem to work: 40%
Doctor's advice 27   Doctor's advice: 23%
Other 23   Other: 20%
Expense 12   Expense: 10%
Course of treatment ended 10   Course of treatment ended: 9%
Side effects too severe 9   Side effects too severe: 8%
Change in health plan coverage 6   Change in health plan coverage: 5%
Personal research 4   Personal research: 3%

See all 113 patients who’ve stopped taking Tolterodine

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

Currently Taking Tolterodine

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

Stopped Taking Tolterodine

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Tolterodine

Always
 69 85%
Usually
 7 9%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 5 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Tolterodine

Very
 2 2%
Somewhat
 1 1%
A little
 12 15%
Not at all
 66 81%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Tolterodine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 7 14%
$25-49
 21 42%
< $25
 22 44%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.