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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
Stiffness/Spasticity 7 3
Muscle pain 4 0
Parkinson's Disease PD 3 1
Other 2 0
Pain in legs 2 0
Mobility 1 0

See all 16 patients currently taking Tizanidine HCl

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
2 50%
Mild
0 0%
None
2 50%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sleepiness
1 100%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  2 mg daily 4 mg daily 6 mg daily 8 mg daily 10 mg daily 12 mg daily 16 mg daily 24 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Tizanidine HCl (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
2 33% Other: 33%
Did not seem to work
1 17% Did not seem to work: 17%
Expense
1 17% Expense: 17%
Side effects too severe
1 17% Side effects too severe: 17%
Course of treatment ended
1 17% Course of treatment ended: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Tizanidine HCl

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Tizanidine HCl

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

Stopped Taking Tizanidine HCl

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
4 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
4 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 25%
< $25
3 75%

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Report created on March 22, 2010.