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Tolterodine Treatment Report

Brand Names: Detrol, Detrol LA, Detrusitol
Generic Name: Tolterodine

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.

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons taken

23 patients in the community are taking or have taken Tolterodine.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 9 39%
Urinary urgency 5 21%
General health 3 13%
Bladder problems 3 13%
Slow my ALS progress 1 4%

Other treatments patients are taking for Other include Walking Stick/Cane, MRI, and Levothyroxine.

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Tolterodine.

  1 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 40 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

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

Currently Taking Tolterodine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
1
4
1
2

Stopped Taking Tolterodine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
1
2
1
3
Why Patients Stopped Taking Tolterodine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 4 50% Doctor's advice: 50%
Did not seem to work 3 38% Did not seem to work: 38%
Other 1 13% Other: 13%
Course of treatment ended 1 13% Course of treatment ended: 13%
Not indicated 1 13% Not indicated: 13%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 4 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 50% 1
None 50% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 25% 1
None 75% 3

Top reported side-effects include: Dry mouth (xerostomia), Constipation, dry mouth

Summary results are based on 4 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 4)

  • supasonic
    Sex: M
    Mouth/throat: severe
    Arms: severe
    Chest: moderate
    Legs: severe
  • supasonic
  • by supasonic
    Dec 11, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other
Advice/Tips
rocks big time!

  • alsking101
    Sex: M
    Mouth/throat: severe
    Arms: severe
    Chest: severe
    Legs: severe
  • alsking101
  • by alsking101
    Oct 20, 2005
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsMild
  • Urinary urgency

See all evaluation results for Tolterodine

Report created on November 08, 2009.