PatientsLikeMe : Zanaflex (tizanidine hcl) Treatment Report

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What is Zanaflex?

Zanaflex® is a brand name for the drug tizanidine. It is used as a skeletal muscle relaxant for treatment of muscle spasticity. Off label it is used for tension headaches, low back pain, and trigeminal neuralgia.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken	# of patients	# of patients evaluated by
Spasms	3	1
Muscle tension	2	0
Other	2	0
Dystonia	1	0
tonic spasm	1	1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

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

Most commonly reported side effects

Sleepiness	2	100%

Mild
Moderate
Severe

See all 1 reported side effects ▼

Dosages

2mg as needed	3 4mg as needed	as needed	1 mg daily	4 mg daily	8 mg daily
1	1	1	1	3	2

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Zanaflex (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	1	100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Zanaflex

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Zanaflex

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

Stopped Taking Zanaflex

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always	2	100%
Usually	0	0%
Sometimes	0	0%
Never	0	0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very	0	0%
Somewhat	0	0%
A little	0	0%
Not at all	2	100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+	0	0%
$100-199	0	0%
$50-99	0	0%
$25-49	0	0%
< $25	2	100%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.

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Zanaflex (tizanidine hcl) Treatment Report