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What is Valium?

Valium is a brand name for the benzodiazepine drug Diazepam. This is used in the treatment of anxiety, insomnia, and muscle spasms.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Stiffness/Spasticity 7 0
disease-related symptoms 3 0
Muscle cramping, spasms 3 1
Anxiety 2 0
Insomnia 2 1
Fasciculations 2 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 50%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 50%

Most commonly reported side effects

makes me sleepy
1 50%
Very hard to wake me
1 50%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Valium. See all 14 dosages ►

  10mg as needed 20mg as needed 5mg as needed 5mg/mL as needed daily 1 mg daily 2 mg daily 5 mg daily 9 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 50 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Valium (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 50% Did not seem to work: 50%
Other
1 50% Other: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Valium

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Valium

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
2
1
2
6

Stopped Taking Valium

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
1
1
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 50%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
1 50%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
2 100%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.