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What is Terazosin?

Terazosin is an alpha blocker used to treat high blood pressure; it is also commonly used in men with an enlarged prostate.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Bladder problems 14 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Elevated blood pressure 7 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Other 5 1 Efficacy_slight
General health 3 1 Efficacy_moderate
bph 3 1 Efficacy_major
BPH (Benign prostatic hyperplasia) 2 0

See all 38 patients currently taking Terazosin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 2
None
 9

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

Cotton mouth 1
POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) 1

Reported Dosages

  1 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 14 Number of Patients: 14 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 10 Number of Patients: 10 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Terazosin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2   Other: 40%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 20%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 20%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 20%

See all 5 patients who’ve stopped taking Terazosin

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

Currently Taking Terazosin

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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 Terazosin

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Terazosin

Always
 10 91%
Usually
 1 9%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Terazosin

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 9%
Not at all
 10 91%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Terazosin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 13%
< $25
 7 88%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.