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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Bladder problems 120 30 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Urinary frequency 46 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Intermittent urinary incontinence 15 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Other 15 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 12 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Incontinence 11 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 209 patients currently taking Vesicare

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 9
Mild
 13
None
 32

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

Dry mouth (xerostomia) 14
Constipation 4
Blurry vision 3
Dry throat 2
Excessive dry mouth 2
Dry eyes 1
See all 13 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  10mg as needed 5mg as needed daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 97 Number of Patients: 97 91 Number of Patients: 91 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vesicare (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 19   Did not seem to work: 33%
Other 15   Other: 26%
Side effects too severe 13   Side effects too severe: 22%
Doctor's advice 8   Doctor's advice: 14%
Expense 6   Expense: 10%
Personal research 4   Personal research: 7%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 5%

See all 58 patients who’ve stopped taking Vesicare

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

Currently Taking Vesicare

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

Stopped Taking Vesicare

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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 Vesicare

Always
 46 79%
Usually
 10 17%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 2 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vesicare

Very
 1 2%
Somewhat
 2 3%
A little
 8 14%
Not at all
 47 81%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vesicare

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 3%
$50-99
 5 13%
$25-49
 17 45%
< $25
 15 39%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.