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What is Benztropine?

Benztropine is an anticholinergic drug used in the treatment of tremor in Parkinson's disease. Read more...Click to read more below

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
2 29%
Mild
0 0%
None
5 71%

Most commonly reported side effects

Dry eyes
1 100%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  1 mg daily 1.5 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Benztropine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
5 50% Side effects too severe: 50%
Doctor's advice
4 40% Doctor's advice: 40%
Did not seem to work
3 30% Did not seem to work: 30%

See all 10 patients who’ve stopped taking Benztropine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Benztropine

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

Stopped Taking Benztropine

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
6 86%
Usually
1 14%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 14%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
6 86%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
4 57%

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Report created on March 20, 2010.