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What is Timolol?

Timolol is an ophthalmic agent and non-selective beta blocker. Eye drops are used for the treatment of elevated intraocular pressure such as glaucoma or ocular hypertension. Oral dosing is used for hypertension and angina; to reduce mortality following heart attack; and to prevent migraine.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Glaucoma 11 0
Elevated blood pressure 2 0
Other 2 1 Efficacy_slight
Migraine headaches 1 1 Efficacy_moderate
perks topomax 1 0
Scleritis 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 1

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

Lightheadedness 1

Reported Dosages

  daily 0.5 g daily 1 g daily 1 mg daily 1 other daily 2 daily 5 mg daily 6.8 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Timolol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 67%
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 33%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Timolol

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

Currently Taking Timolol

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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 Timolol

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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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Timolol

Always
 1 50%
Usually
 1 50%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Timolol

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Timolol

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

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Report created on May 28, 2012.