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Tizanidine HCl Treatment Report
Brand Names:
Zanaflex, Sirdalud Retard
What is Tizanidine HCl? Tizanidine hydrochloride 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
533 patients in the community are taking or have taken Tizanidine HCl.
Top 10 (Show all)
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 345 | 64% |
| Pain | 23 | 4% |
| Other | 20 | 3% |
| Muscle spasms, neck and shoulders | 19 | 3% |
| Muscle Spasms, feet and toes | 12 | 2% |
| Calf, feet cramps and muscle spasms | 8 | 1% |
| Muscle spasms | 6 | 1% |
| disease-related symptoms | 5 | <1% |
| Spasms | 4 | <1% |
| Slow my MS progress | 4 | <1% |
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Tizanidine HCl or how long patients were taking Tizanidine HCl before stopping.
Currently Taking Tizanidine HCl
Stopped Taking Tizanidine HCl
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Did not seem to work | 35 | 41% |  |
| Doctor's advice | 20 | 23% | |
| Other | 18 | 21% | |
| Side effects too severe | 16 | 19% | |
| Personal research | 7 | 8% | |
| Expense | 3 | 3% | |
| Course of treatment ended | 1 | 1% | |
| Not indicated | 1 | 1% | |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 36 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Slight | 100% | 1 |
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Swallowing
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 6% | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 22% | 8 |
| Mild | 31% | 11 |
| None | 42% | 15 |
Top reported side-effects include: Sleepiness, dry mouth and eyes, Fatigue
Summary results are based on 36 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 36)
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- JesswithMS
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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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.
- See full evaluation
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1 helpful mark
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- Flowers
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by Flowers
Dec 31, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Stiffness/Spasticity
- Advice/Tips
- I take all 3 of my pills at night, I only take them just before going to bed, my family call these my loopy pills. I don't have leg issues with these pills. I can't take these during the day as they'lll literally knock me out like a light.
- See full evaluation
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1 helpful mark
Report created on November 08, 2009.