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What is Triamterene?

Triamterene is a potassium-sparing diuretic drug (water tablet) used in the treatment of hypertension.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 10 1 Efficacy_moderate
Water retention 5 0
Elevated blood pressure 5 1 Efficacy_major
Increase effect of another treatment 3 0
General health 2 0
Fluid retention weight gain 2 0

See all 35 patients currently taking Triamterene

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 0
None
 2

Reported Dosages

  1mg as needed 37.5mg as needed daily 1 mg daily 10 mg daily 25 mg daily 37 mg daily 37.5 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 14 Number of Patients: 14 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Triamterene (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 67%
Other 1   Other: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Triamterene

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

Currently Taking Triamterene

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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
0

Stopped Taking Triamterene

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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
0
0

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Triamterene

Always
 3 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Triamterene

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Triamterene

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

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Report created on May 28, 2012.