Tizanidine Treatment Report
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Brand Names:
Sirdalud Retard, Zanaflex
Generic Name: Tizanidine
What is Tizanidine?
Tizanidine is a centrally acting alpha2-adrenergic agonist. It 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.
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Reasons Taken
324 patients in the community are taking or have taken Tizanidine.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Stiffness/spasticity | 239 | 73% |
| Other | 27 | 8% |
| Pain | 16 | 4% |
| disease-related symptoms | 5 | 1% |
| Muscle spasms, neck and shoulders | 4 | 1% |
| Muscle Spasms, feet and toes | 3 | <1% |
| Slow my MS progress | 3 | <1% |
| General health | 2 | <1% |
| Depression | 2 | <1% |
| Muscle twitching (fasciculations) | 1 | <1% |
| Burning sensation, soles of feet | 1 | <1% |
| Muscle cramping, spasms | 1 | <1% |
| Spasms, calves | 1 | <1% |
| Night-time leg spasms | 1 | <1% |
| Fatigue | 1 | <1% |
| MS Hug, or girdle-band sensation, stomach/chest/thighs | 1 | <1% |
| Spasms | 1 | <1% |
| Sexual dysfunction | 1 | <1% |
| Calf, feet cramps and muscle spasms | 1 | <1% |
| Cramps, calf muscles | 1 | <1% |
| twitches and jerks | 1 | <1% |
| Don't know | 1 | <1% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | <1% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Tizanidine or how long patients were taking Tizanidine before stopping.
Currently taking Tizanidine
Stopped taking Tizanidine
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 18 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 41% | 7 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 24% | 4 |
| Slight | 24% | 4 |
| None | 12% | 2 |
Insomnia
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 11% | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 33% | 6 |
| Mild | 28% | 5 |
| None | 28% | 5 |
Top reported side-effects include: sleepy, Fatigue, makes me very sleepy
Summary results are based on 18 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 18)
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- feathers4me
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: severe
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by feathers4me
Aug 18, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsModerate
- Stiffness/spasticity
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- JesswithMS
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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by JesswithMS
Jun 10, 2007
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsMild
- Stiffness/spasticity
- Advice/Tips
- Take as directed. I could never take it during the day, made me way too sleepy. Over time, I found that it lost its effect for me, but helped tremendously for the first few years.
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