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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 Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Stiffness/Spasticity 406 44
Muscle spasms 54 16
Other 37 3
Muscle spasms, neck and shoulders 31 5
Pain 30 2
Muscle Pain 24 8

See all 671 patients currently taking Tizanidine HCl


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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
5 6%
Moderate
26 33%
Mild
27 34%
None
22 28%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sleepiness
34 43%
dry mouth and eyes
18 23%
Fatigue
16 20%
makes me very sleepy
10 13%
Muscle fatigue, dry mouth.
8 10%
Leg weakness
7 9%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Tizanidine HCl. See all 45 dosages ►

  0.25 2mg as needed 0.5 2mg as needed 10 2mg as needed 1.5 2mg as needed 16 mg all the time (24/7) 1mg as needed 2 2mg as needed 2 4mg as needed 2 mg all the time (24/7) 2 mg as needed 2mg as needed 3 4mg as needed 4 4mg as needed 4 mg all the time (24/7) 4 mg as needed 4mg as needed 6mg as needed 8 mg as needed as needed daily 4 mg weekly 1 mcg daily 1 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 4 mg one time 5 mg daily 6 mg daily 8 mg daily 10 mg daily 12 mg daily 14 mg daily 16 mg daily 18 mg daily 20 mg daily 24 mg daily 28 mg daily 30 mg daily 32 mg daily 36 mg daily 40 mg daily 100 mg daily 300 mg daily 600 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 6 Number of Patients: 6 31 Number of Patients: 31 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 37 Number of Patients: 37 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 68 Number of Patients: 68 1 Number of Patients: 1 163 Number of Patients: 163 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 35 Number of Patients: 35 100 Number of Patients: 100 9 Number of Patients: 9 69 Number of Patients: 69 3 Number of Patients: 3 35 Number of Patients: 35 11 Number of Patients: 11 19 Number of Patients: 19 23 Number of Patients: 23 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 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
Did not seem to work
45 38% Did not seem to work: 38%
Doctor's advice
24 21% Doctor's advice: 21%
Other
24 21% Other: 21%
Side effects too severe
22 19% Side effects too severe: 19%
Personal research
9 8% Personal research: 8%
Expense
7 6% Expense: 6%
Course of treatment ended
3 3% Course of treatment ended: 3%
Not indicated
2 2% Not indicated: 2%

See all 115 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
9
17
28
73
66
156

Stopped Taking Tizanidine HCl

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
15
26
20
15
14
25

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
53 66%
Usually
17 21%
Sometimes
10 13%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 1%
Somewhat
9 11%
A little
17 21%
Not at all
53 66%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
3 4%
$25-49
10 13%
< $25
51 64%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.