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What is Vesicare?

Vesicare is a brand name of the drug solifenacin, an anticholinergic medication used to treat overactive bladder. It works by relaxing the bladder muscles to prevent urgent, frequent, or uncontrolled urination. It comes as a tablet taken by mouth, usually once a day, with or without food. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Bladder problems 115 23 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Urinary frequency 37 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Intermittent urinary incontinence 15 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Other 15 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 13 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Incontinence 12 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 205 patients currently taking Vesicare

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 9
Mild
 10
None
 25

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

Dry mouth (xerostomia) 11
Constipation 3
Dry throat 2
Blurry vision 2
Excessive dry mouth 2
Dry eyes 1
See all 13 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  10mg as needed daily 5mg as needed 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 93 Number of Patients: 93 90 Number of Patients: 90 3 Number of Patients: 3 7 Number of Patients: 7  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vesicare (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 17   Did not seem to work: 33%
Other 14   Other: 27%
Side effects too severe 12   Side effects too severe: 24%
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 12%
Personal research 4   Personal research: 8%
Expense 4   Expense: 8%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 6%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 4%

See all 51 patients who’ve stopped taking Vesicare

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

Currently Taking Vesicare

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

Stopped Taking Vesicare

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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 Vesicare

Always
 37 77%
Usually
 9 19%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 2 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vesicare

Very
 1 2%
Somewhat
 2 4%
A little
 5 10%
Not at all
 40 83%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vesicare

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 3%
$50-99
 5 15%
$25-49
 13 38%
< $25
 15 44%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.