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What is Doxazosin?

Doxazosin is an alpha blocker used in the treatment of hypertension alone or in conjunction with diuretics, ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, or calcium antagonists; treatment of urinary outflow obstruction and/or obstructive and irritative symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia. 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 20 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Elevated blood pressure 17 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 10 1 Efficacy_major
BPH (Benign prostatic hyperplasia) 4 1 Efficacy_major
Hypertension 3 0
Support urinary health 2 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 2
Mild
 4
None
 2

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

Dizziness 2
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 2
Sedation 1
Edema (fluid retention) 1

Reported Dosages

  1 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 5 mg daily 6 mg daily 8 mg daily 12 mg daily 16 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 17 Number of Patients: 17 2 Number of Patients: 2 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 18 Number of Patients: 18 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Doxazosin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 29%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 29%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 29%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 14%
Other 1   Other: 14%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Doxazosin

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

Currently Taking Doxazosin

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

Stopped Taking Doxazosin

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Doxazosin

Always
 9 90%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 10%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Doxazosin

Very
 1 10%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 9 90%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Doxazosin

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

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Report created on February 11, 2012.