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What is Darifenacin?

Darifenacin is an antimuscarinics. It is used to treat overactive bladder, and works by relaxing the bladder muscles to prevent urgent, frequent, or uncontrolled urination.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Bladder problems 41 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Urinary urgency 13 2 Efficacy_moderate
Urinary frequency 10 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Other 9 1 Efficacy_slight
Incontinence 5 2 Efficacy_cant_tell
overactive bladder 4 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 71 patients currently taking Darifenacin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 4
Mild
 5
None
 9

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

Dry mouth (xerostomia) 4
Urinary hesitancy 2
Paralysis of legs 1
Vocal cord paralysis 1
Throat tightening 1
Constipation 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  15mg as needed daily 1 mg daily 7.5 daily 7.5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 30 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 25 Number of Patients: 25 1 Number of Patients: 1 36 Number of Patients: 36 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Darifenacin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 11   Did not seem to work: 38%
Other 5   Other: 17%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 14%
Doctor's advice 3   Doctor's advice: 10%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 10%
Expense 3   Expense: 10%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 3%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 3%

See all 29 patients who’ve stopped taking Darifenacin

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

Currently Taking Darifenacin

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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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Stopped Taking Darifenacin

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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 Darifenacin

Always
 15 75%
Usually
 3 15%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 2 10%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Darifenacin

Very
 1 5%
Somewhat
 1 5%
A little
 2 10%
Not at all
 16 80%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Darifenacin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 6 43%
< $25
 8 57%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.