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What is Tolterodine?

Tolterodine is an anticholinergic agent used for the treatment of patients with an overactive bladder with symptoms of urinary frequency, urgency, or urge incontinence.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Bladder problems 162 26
Other 11 1
Neurogenic Bladder 9 0
blatter 3 0
Bowel problems 3 0
Stiffness/Spasticity 2 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
2 8%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
10 38%
None
14 54%

Most commonly reported side effects

Dry mouth (xerostomia)
10 38%
Semen reduction
1 4%
slightly constipated
1 4%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Tolterodine. See all 16 dosages ►

  1mg as needed 2mg as needed 4mg as needed as needed daily 1 mg daily 2 mg daily 2.8 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 5 mg daily 6 mg daily 8 mg daily 24 mg daily 40 mg daily 100 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 5 Number of Patients: 5 39 Number of Patients: 39 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 84 Number of Patients: 84 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tolterodine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
27 53% Did not seem to work: 53%
Doctor's advice
13 25% Doctor's advice: 25%
Other
9 18% Other: 18%
Course of treatment ended
4 8% Course of treatment ended: 8%
Expense
3 6% Expense: 6%
Side effects too severe
2 4% Side effects too severe: 4%
Personal research
1 2% Personal research: 2%

See all 50 patients who’ve stopped taking Tolterodine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Tolterodine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
4
21
18
38

Stopped Taking Tolterodine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
4
5
7
12
19

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
23 88%
Usually
1 4%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
2 8%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 4%
Somewhat
1 4%
A little
4 15%
Not at all
20 77%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 4%
$50-99
3 12%
$25-49
7 27%
< $25
6 23%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.