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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Anxiety 620 124
Panic attacks 130 37
Other 99 18
Treat my mood condition(s) 74 13
Insomnia 62 12
Sleep problems 31 7

See all 1099 patients currently taking Alprazolam


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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
7 4%
Moderate
28 15%
Mild
68 37%
None
83 45%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sedation
41 22%
Sleepiness
37 20%
Difficulty concentrating
30 16%
Memory problems
22 12%
Drowsiness
15 8%
Interdose withdrawal effects (anger/irritability)
14 8%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Alprazolam. See all 74 dosages

  0.025mg as needed 0.03mg as needed 0.05mg as needed 0.125mg as needed 0.25 mg all the time (24/7) 0.25 mg as needed 0.25mg as needed 0.25mg yearly 0.375mg as needed 0.5 0.25mg as needed 0.5 mg all the time (24/7) 0.5 mg as needed 0.5mg as needed 0mg as needed 10mg as needed 1.5mg as needed 15mg as needed 1mcg as needed 1 mg all the time (24/7) 1 mg as needed 1mg as needed 2 0.25mg as needed 2 0.5mg as needed 20mg as needed 2 1mg as needed 2 2mg as needed 25mg as needed 2 mg all the time (24/7) 2mg as needed 3 0.25mg as needed 3 0.5mg as needed 3 1mg as needed 3mg as needed 4 0.25mg as needed 4 0.5mg as needed 4mg as needed 5 0.25mg as needed 5mg as needed 60 1mg as needed 6 0.5mg as needed daily mg as needed 0.25 mg monthly 0.25 mg monthly 0.01 mg daily 0.25 mg weekly 0.05 mg daily 0.075 mg daily 0.125 mg daily 0.25 mg daily 1 mg weekly 0.1875 mg daily 0.25 mg daily 0.375 mg daily 0.5 mg daily 0.625 mg daily 0.75 mg daily 1 mg daily 1.25 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 8 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 40 mg daily 200 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 147 Number of Patients: 147 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 153 Number of Patients: 153 4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 49 Number of Patients: 49 8 Number of Patients: 8 6 Number of Patients: 6 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 15 Number of Patients: 15 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 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 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 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 95 Number of Patients: 95 1 Number of Patients: 1 130 Number of Patients: 130 1 Number of Patients: 1 32 Number of Patients: 32 106 Number of Patients: 106 2 Number of Patients: 2 39 Number of Patients: 39 70 Number of Patients: 70 4 Number of Patients: 4 47 Number of Patients: 47 45 Number of Patients: 45 4 Number of Patients: 4 16 Number of Patients: 16 9 Number of Patients: 9 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 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  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Alprazolam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
42 35% Other: 35%
Doctor's advice
31 26% Doctor's advice: 26%
Course of treatment ended
25 21% Course of treatment ended: 21%
Did not seem to work
22 18% Did not seem to work: 18%
Side effects too severe
18 15% Side effects too severe: 15%
Personal research
5 4% Personal research: 4%
Not indicated
2 2% Not indicated: 2%
Expense
1 1% Expense: 1%

See all 114 patients who’ve stopped taking Alprazolam

Currently Taking Alprazolam

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
4
36
39
124
118
244

Stopped Taking Alprazolam

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
9
17
20
21
15
32

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
113 61%
Usually
52 28%
Sometimes
19 10%
Never
2 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
3 2%
Somewhat
15 8%
A little
32 17%
Not at all
136 73%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
3 2%
$25-49
10 5%
< $25
116 62%

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Report created on November 20, 2009.