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What is Alprazolam?

Alprazolam is a benzodiazepine used for the treatment of anxiety disorder, panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia, and anxiety associated with depression. Off label it is used to treat anxiety in children.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Anxious mood 1143 287 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Panic attacks 398 111 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Panic Disorder 248 34 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Insomnia 154 41 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 95 23 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Sleep problems 81 18 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 2062 patients currently taking Alprazolam

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 25
Moderate
 69
Mild
 148
None
 237

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

Sleepiness 50
Sedation 47
Problems concentrating 37
Drowsiness 28
Memory problems 23
Anger and irritability between doses 19
See all 75 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Alprazolam. See all 75 dosages ►

  0.25mg as needed 0.5mg as needed 1mg as needed 0.25 mg daily 0.5 mg daily 1 mg daily 1.5 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily
  289 Number of Patients: 289 284 Number of Patients: 284 112 Number of Patients: 112 178 Number of Patients: 178 262 Number of Patients: 262 247 Number of Patients: 247 84 Number of Patients: 84 169 Number of Patients: 169 111 Number of Patients: 111 68 Number of Patients: 68  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Alprazolam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 123   Other: 32%
Doctor's advice 112   Doctor's advice: 30%
Course of treatment ended 64   Course of treatment ended: 17%
Did not seem to work 62   Did not seem to work: 16%
Side effects too severe 52   Side effects too severe: 14%
Personal research 21   Personal research: 6%
Expense 9   Expense: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 9   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Not indicated 9   Not indicated: 2%

See all 355 patients who’ve stopped taking Alprazolam

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

Currently Taking Alprazolam

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

Stopped Taking Alprazolam

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Alprazolam

Always
 274 57%
Usually
 127 27%
Sometimes
 70 15%
Never
 8 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Alprazolam

Very
 14 3%
Somewhat
 34 7%
A little
 58 12%
Not at all
 373 78%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Alprazolam

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 2 1%
$50-99
 7 2%
$25-49
 20 6%
< $25
 284 90%

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Report created on May 24, 2012.