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What is Tizanidine HCl?

Tizanidine hydrochloride is a skeletal muscle relaxant used for treatment of muscle spasticity. Off label it is used for tension headaches, low back pain, and trigeminal neuralgia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Stiffness/Spasticity 589 110 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Muscle spasms 296 72 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 143 24 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Muscle pain 83 22 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain 70 19 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Muscle spasms in neck and shoulders 56 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 1313 patients currently taking Tizanidine HCl

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 32
Moderate
 71
Mild
 80
None
 93

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Tizanidine HCl

Sleepiness 45
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 38
Dry eyes 19
Fatigue 18
Drowsiness 17
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) 10
See all 78 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Tizanidine HCl. See all 54 dosages ►

  daily 2mg as needed 4mg as needed 2 mg daily 4 mg daily 6 mg daily 8 mg daily 12 mg daily 16 mg daily 24 mg daily
  34 Number of Patients: 34 35 Number of Patients: 35 96 Number of Patients: 96 129 Number of Patients: 129 331 Number of Patients: 331 88 Number of Patients: 88 204 Number of Patients: 204 145 Number of Patients: 145 82 Number of Patients: 82 39 Number of Patients: 39  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tizanidine HCl (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 95   Did not seem to work: 40%
Side effects too severe 58   Side effects too severe: 24%
Other 51   Other: 21%
Doctor's advice 51   Doctor's advice: 21%
Personal research 12   Personal research: 5%
Course of treatment ended 11   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Expense 9   Expense: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 1%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 0%

See all 236 patients who’ve stopped taking Tizanidine HCl

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

Currently Taking Tizanidine HCl

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

Stopped Taking Tizanidine HCl

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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 Tizanidine HCl

Always
 181 66%
Usually
 59 21%
Sometimes
 27 10%
Never
 9 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Tizanidine HCl

Very
 16 6%
Somewhat
 16 6%
A little
 47 17%
Not at all
 197 71%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Tizanidine HCl

$200+
 1 1%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 11 6%
$25-49
 23 12%
< $25
 164 82%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.