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What is Benztropine?

Benztropine is an anticholinergic drug used in the treatment of tremor in Parkinson's disease. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Treat side effects of another treatment 9 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Restlessness 8 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Increase effect of another treatment 7 3 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Parkinson's Disease 6 1 Efficacy_moderate
Tremor in hands 5 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Tremor 4 5 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 56 patients currently taking Benztropine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 5
Moderate
 7
Mild
 3
None
 12

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

Dry mouth (xerostomia) 4
Drowsiness 3
Blurry vision 2
Constipation 2
Tremor in jaw 1
Agitation 1
See all 17 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  2mg as needed 0.5 mg daily 1 mg daily 1.5 mg daily 2 other daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 8 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 15 Number of Patients: 15 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 20 Number of Patients: 20 3 Number of Patients: 3 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Benztropine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 11   Side effects too severe: 52%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 24%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 19%
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 10%
Other 1   Other: 5%

See all 19 patients who’ve stopped taking Benztropine

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

Currently Taking Benztropine

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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
0

Stopped Taking Benztropine

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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 Benztropine

Always
 24 89%
Usually
 2 7%
Sometimes
 1 4%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Benztropine

Very
 2 7%
Somewhat
 5 19%
A little
 2 7%
Not at all
 18 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Benztropine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 13%
$25-49
 1 6%
< $25
 13 81%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.