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What is Xanax?

Xanax® is a brand name for the drug alprazolam, a short-acting drug in the benzodiazepine class used to treat anxiety disorders and as an adjunctive treatment for depression.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Anxiety 26 4
Other 2 0
Emotional lability 1 0
Panic attacks 1 0
Depression 1 0
breathing difficulty with activity 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
3 75%
None
1 25%

Most commonly reported side effects

Difficulty concentrating
2 50%
Sedation
1 25%
Sleepiness
1 25%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

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

  0.25mg as needed 0.5mg as needed 0mg as needed 1mg as needed daily mg as needed 0.05 mg daily 0.25 mg daily 0.5 mg daily 0.75 mg daily 1 mg daily 1.5 mg daily 2 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 4 mg daily 25 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 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 Xanax (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 33% Did not seem to work: 33%
Other
1 33% Other: 33%
Course of treatment ended
1 33% Course of treatment ended: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Xanax

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Xanax

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

Stopped Taking Xanax

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 50%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
2 50%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
4 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 25%
< $25
2 50%

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

Report created on November 23, 2009.