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What is Zopiclone?

Zopiclone is a hypnotic nonbenzodiazepine that is used to treat sleep disorders.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Insomnia 74 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Sleep problems 42 10 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Other 10 1 Efficacy_moderate
Sleeplessness 4 0
General health 3 1 Efficacy_moderate
Promote relaxation 3 0

See all 126 patients currently taking Zopiclone

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 7
Mild
 7
None
 13

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

Metallic taste in mouth 3
Bad taste in mouth 2
Vivid dreams 1
Auditory hallucinations 1
Addiction 1
Hangover effect 1
See all 18 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Zopiclone. See all 28 dosages ►

  7.5mg as needed 10mg as needed 7mg as needed 3.75mg as needed 1 mg daily 3.75 mg daily 7 mg daily 7.5 mg daily 15 mg daily 50 mg daily
  17 Number of Patients: 17 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 9 Number of Patients: 9 4 Number of Patients: 4 56 Number of Patients: 56 9 Number of Patients: 9 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Zopiclone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 13   Other: 31%
Side effects too severe 12   Side effects too severe: 29%
Doctor's advice 10   Doctor's advice: 24%
Course of treatment ended 9   Course of treatment ended: 21%
Did not seem to work 7   Did not seem to work: 17%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 7%

See all 41 patients who’ve stopped taking Zopiclone

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

Currently Taking Zopiclone

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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 Zopiclone

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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 Zopiclone

Always
 19 61%
Usually
 5 16%
Sometimes
 6 19%
Never
 1 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Zopiclone

Very
 2 6%
Somewhat
 1 3%
A little
 3 10%
Not at all
 25 81%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Zopiclone

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 3 19%
< $25
 13 81%

Report created on February 09, 2012.