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Taking Alprazolam
1080 Patients currently take Alprazolam
111 Patients stopped taking Alprazolam
joandoe Sex: F Sensation: Moderate Overall: Mild Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: none Swallowing: none Upper limb: none Walking: moderate See profile joandoe 1 mg daily since Nov 18, 1998
Tinytina Sex: F Mental Symptoms: moderate Physical Symptoms: moderate Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: moderate 341 VL ? See profile Tinytina 1 mg daily since Apr 15, 2000
searchinglikeme Sex: F Depression: 1 Emotional: 1 Compulsion: 0 Anxiety: 0 Mania: 0 Physical: 0 External Stress: Moderate 40 F Function: High Distress: Low See profile searchinglikeme 0.25mg as needed since Jun 05, 2008

Alprazolam Treatment Report

Brand Names: Xanax, Xanax XR, Alprazolam XR, Niravam, Trankimazin, Alzam, Zomiren, Frontal, Tafil, Neurol

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.

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Jump to:: Reasons taken; Dosages; Duration; Patient Evaluations

Reasons taken

1191 patients in the community are taking or have taken Alprazolam.

Top 10 (Show all)

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Anxiety	564	47%
Other	96	8%
Panic attacks	86	7%
Treat my mood condition(s)	69	5%
Insomnia	46	3%
Anxiety and frustration	20	1%
Sleep problems	18	1%
General health	16	1%
Support another treatment	12	1%
Stiffness/Spasticity	11	<1%
Depression	10	<1%
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)	6	<1%
tension	4	<1%
anxiety, insomnia, panic attacks, muscle tension, tremor, irratibility, depression	3	<1%
Emotional lability	3	<1%
Sensation	2	<1%
Treat Parkinson's	2	<1%
Stress/anxiety	2	<1%
Pain	2	<1%
Tremors	2	<1%
disease-related symptoms	2	<1%
Slow my MS progress	2	<1%
Sleepiness	2	<1%
Panic Disorder	2	<1%
light headed	1	<1%
TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint) Pain	1	<1%
Treat my MSA	1	<1%
Muscle twitching (fasciculations)	1	<1%
trouble breathing	1	<1%
Sleep Apnea	1	<1%
Anxiety attacks	1	<1%
Migraine	1	<1%
Muscle tension	1	<1%
Hyperventilation	1	<1%
insomnia nightmares headaches hot flashes	1	<1%
Claustophobia	1	<1%
Fatigue	1	<1%
Swallowing	1	<1%
swallowing/choking	1	<1%
all of above	1	<1%
Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Social Anxiety	1	<1%
axiety	1	<1%
Anxiety, compulsiveness	1	<1%
tremor	1	<1%
helps with sleep	1	<1%
Obsessive compulsive disorder OCD	1	<1%
Brain fog	1	<1%
Stress	1	<1%
anxiety, depression, confusion, falling down	1	<1%
anxious	1	<1%
anxiety, panic attacks	1	<1%
anger	1	<1%
Don't know	1	<1%
at night to sleep	1	<1%
Mood swings	1	<1%
Smothering spells	1	<1%
Numbness	1	<1%
Agoraphobia	1	<1%
Dyskinesia	1	<1%
sleep	1	<1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Alprazolam.

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All (Show top 10)

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	1	3	1	1	11	141	1	1	3	3	5	152	4	5	1	1	1	1	7	49	7	6	2	3	1	1	1	15	2	2	3	1	2	1	3	1	6	1	1	7	9	1	1	1	2	4	1	1	1	1	1	94	1	126	1	29	104	2	40	69	3	46	43	4	16	9	4	1	1	3	1	1	1

Duration

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

Currently Taking Alprazolam

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
8	28	39	125	118	238

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	20	14	31

Why Patients Stopped Taking Alprazolam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	42	36%
Doctor's advice	33	28%
Course of treatment ended	24	21%
Did not seem to work	23	20%
Side effects too severe	18	15%
Personal research	6	5%
Not indicated	2	2%
Expense	1	1%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 182 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	52%	11
Moderate	33%	7
Slight	14%	3

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	3%	6
Moderate	15%	27
Mild	36%	65
None	46%	84

Top reported side-effects include: Sedation, Sleepiness, Difficulty concentrating

Summary results are based on 182 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 182)

sixstarus

Sex: F

Depression: 2

Emotional: 4

Compulsion: 3

Anxiety: 3

Mania: 1

Physical: 2

External Stress: Overwhelming

53 F

Function: Low

Distress: High

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by sixstarus
Sep 15, 2008

EfficacyMajor
Side-effectsModerate

Other

Advice/Tips: This med is very addictive. Try not to use it to much only when needed.

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1 helpful mark

Hushpuppy

Sex: F

Depression: 2

Emotional: 1

Compulsion: 0

Anxiety: 0

Mania: 0

Physical: 0

External Stress: Low

29 F

Function: High

Distress: Low

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by Hushpuppy
Oct 08, 2008

EfficacySlight
Side-effectsModerate

Anxiety

Advice/Tips: Don't take it if you have to drive a car or anything; it makes me really dizzy. I'm also on another medication that makes me dizzy, so I don't know how much is each medication's fault, but I noticed a strong increase in the dizziness on the day I took these pills vs my normal everyday pills of the other medication.

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1 helpful mark

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Report created on November 07, 2009.

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