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Lorazepam Treatment Report

Brand Names: Ativan, APO-Lorazepam, Tavor

What is Lorazepam? Lorazepam is a benzodiazepine used in the treatment of anxiety disorders. It is used intravenously for status epilepticus. Off label it is used for alcohol detoxification; insomnia; partial complex seizures; agitation; and as an adjunct in antiemetic treatment.

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Reasons taken

907 patients in the community are taking or have taken Lorazepam.

Top 10 (Show all)

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Anxiety 365 40%
Other 97 10%
Insomnia 83 9%
Treat my mood condition(s) 67 7%
Panic attacks 33 3%
Difficulty sleeping through night 17 1%
Stiffness/Spasticity 11 1%
Anxiety and frustration 9 <1%
disease-related symptoms 8 <1%
General health 6 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Lorazepam.

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All (Show top 10)

  0.01mg as needed 0.05mg as needed 0.25mg as needed 0.5 mg as needed 0.5mg as needed 0mg as needed 1000mg as needed 100 mg all the time (24/7) 10mg as needed 1 mg all the time (24/7) 1 mg as needed 1mg as needed 2 0.5mg as needed 20mg as needed 2 1mg as needed 2 2mg as needed 2 2mg/mL as needed 2 mg all the time (24/7) 2 mg as needed 2mg as needed 2mg/mL as needed 30 0.5mg as needed 3 0.5mg as needed 3 1mg as needed 3 1mg daily 3 2mg as needed 4 0.5mg as needed 4 1mg as needed 4 mg as needed 500mg as needed 5mg as needed 6 2mg/mL as needed as needed daily mg as needed 0.5 mg every other week 1 mg weekly 2 mg every other week 0.25 mg daily 0.5 mg daily 0.5 mg one time 4 mg weekly 0.75 mg daily 1 mg daily 1.5 mg daily 2 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 5 mg daily 6 mg daily 7 mg daily 8 mg daily 10 mg daily 12 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 100 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 11 Number of Patients: 11 137 Number of Patients: 137 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 119 Number of Patients: 119 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 14 Number of Patients: 14 8 Number of Patients: 8 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 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 55 Number of Patients: 55 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 125 Number of Patients: 125 27 Number of Patients: 27 84 Number of Patients: 84 1 Number of Patients: 1 32 Number of Patients: 32 39 Number of Patients: 39 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Lorazepam or how long patients were taking Lorazepam before stopping.

Currently Taking Lorazepam

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
9
11
35
95
78
150

Stopped Taking Lorazepam

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
25
26
20
30
18
23
Why Patients Stopped Taking Lorazepam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 54 36% Other: 36%
Doctor's advice 37 25% Doctor's advice: 25%
Course of treatment ended 28 19% Course of treatment ended: 19%
Did not seem to work 25 17% Did not seem to work: 17%
Side effects too severe 17 11% Side effects too severe: 11%
Personal research 5 3% Personal research: 3%
Not indicated 5 3% Not indicated: 3%
Expense 4 3% Expense: 3%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 156 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 45% 9
Moderate 35% 7
Slight 10% 2
Can't tell 10% 2

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 4% 7
Moderate 19% 29
Mild 33% 52
None 44% 68

Top reported side-effects include: Drowsiness, Sedation, Increase in balance difficulties

Summary results are based on 156 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 156)

  • gardener
    Sex: F
    Sensation: None
    Overall: None
    Cognition: none
    Vision: none
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: none
    Walking: none
  • gardener
  • by gardener
    Aug 25, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

  • Hannah Rose
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: mild
    Vision: mild
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: mild
  • by Hannah Rose
    Aug 30, 2008
  • EfficacySlight
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

See all evaluation results for Lorazepam

Report created on November 07, 2009.