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What is Detrol?

Detrol is a brand name for the antimuscarinic drug Tolterodine, 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 5 1
Urinary urgency 4 1
Bladder problems 2 0
Slow my ALS progress 1 0
General health 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 50%
None
1 50%

Most commonly reported side effects

dry mouth
1 50%
Constipation
1 50%
Dry eyes
1 50%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

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

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Detrol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice
3 43% Doctor's advice: 43%
Did not seem to work
2 29% Did not seem to work: 29%
Other
1 14% Other: 14%
Course of treatment ended
1 14% Course of treatment ended: 14%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Detrol

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Detrol

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

Stopped Taking Detrol

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 50%
Usually
1 50%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 50%
Not at all
1 50%

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.