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What is Eszopiclone?

Eszopiclone is an hypnotic and nonbenzodiazepine used for the treatment of insomnia.

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
2 5%
Moderate
6 15%
Mild
16 40%
None
16 40%

Most commonly reported side effects

Bad taste in mouth
16 40%
Weird dreams
7 18%
wake up several times during the night
6 15%
Hangover effect, next morning
5 13%
sleep only two hour then get up for four, then sleep another 4 hrs
5 13%
early morning wakening
4 10%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Eszopiclone. See all 16 dosages ►

  1mg as needed 25mg as needed 2mg as needed 3 mg as needed 3mg as needed daily 2 mg every other week 2 mg weekly 1 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 5 mg daily 6 mg daily 10 mg daily 90 mg daily 200 mg daily
  7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 21 Number of Patients: 21 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 34 Number of Patients: 34 68 Number of Patients: 68 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Eszopiclone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
35 59% Did not seem to work: 59%
Side effects too severe
8 14% Side effects too severe: 14%
Doctor's advice
8 14% Doctor's advice: 14%
Other
8 14% Other: 14%
Expense
6 10% Expense: 10%
Personal research
2 3% Personal research: 3%
Course of treatment ended
2 3% Course of treatment ended: 3%
Not indicated
1 2% Not indicated: 2%

See all 58 patients who’ve stopped taking Eszopiclone

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Eszopiclone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
4
6
9
23
25
38

Stopped Taking Eszopiclone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
17
15
7
8
7
2

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
32 80%
Usually
3 8%
Sometimes
4 10%
Never
1 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
3 8%
Somewhat
6 15%
A little
10 25%
Not at all
21 53%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
2 5%
$50-99
6 15%
$25-49
7 18%
< $25
13 33%

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

Report created on November 21, 2009.