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What is Clonazepam?

Clonazepam, a benzodiazepine, is used alone or as an adjunct in the treatment of seizure disorders and for panic disorders. Off label it is used for restless leg syndrome, neuralgia, multifocal tic disorder, parkinsonian dysarthria, bipolar disorder and as an adjunct in treatment of schizophrenia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Anxious mood 1217 351 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Insomnia 365 116 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Panic Disorder 286 46 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Epilepsy 259 54 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Panic attacks 235 78 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 193 54 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 3097 patients currently taking Clonazepam

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 61
Moderate
 148
Mild
 286
None
 371

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

Drowsiness 112
Sleepiness 71
Groggy in morning 54
Forgetfulness 36
Sedation 31
Grogginess 25
See all 183 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Clonazepam. See all 104 dosages ►

  0.5mg as needed 1mg as needed 0.125 mg daily 0.25 mg daily 0.5 mg daily 1 mg daily 1.5 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily
  275 Number of Patients: 275 134 Number of Patients: 134 69 Number of Patients: 69 97 Number of Patients: 97 538 Number of Patients: 538 758 Number of Patients: 758 181 Number of Patients: 181 425 Number of Patients: 425 171 Number of Patients: 171 125 Number of Patients: 125  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Clonazepam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 178   Doctor's advice: 31%
Did not seem to work 161   Did not seem to work: 28%
Other 137   Other: 24%
Side effects too severe 126   Side effects too severe: 22%
Course of treatment ended 64   Course of treatment ended: 11%
Personal research 26   Personal research: 5%
Expense 17   Expense: 3%
Not indicated 14   Not indicated: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 13   Change in health plan coverage: 2%

See all 547 patients who’ve stopped taking Clonazepam

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

Currently Taking Clonazepam

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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 Clonazepam

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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 Clonazepam

Always
 590 68%
Usually
 178 21%
Sometimes
 82 9%
Never
 16 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Clonazepam

Very
 27 3%
Somewhat
 57 7%
A little
 132 15%
Not at all
 650 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Clonazepam

$200+
 3 1%
$100-199
 3 1%
$50-99
 11 2%
$25-49
 58 10%
< $25
 523 87%

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Report created on May 25, 2012.