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Alprazolam Treatment Report

Brand Names: Xanax, Alprazolam XR, Niravam

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.


Reasons taken

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

Top 10 (Show all)

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Anxiety 41 63%
Other 5 7%
Depression 3 4%
disease-related symptoms 2 3%
Emotional lability 2 3%
Insomnia 2 3%
Muscle twitching (fasciculations) 1 1%
Sleep Apnea 1 1%
Panic attacks 1 1%
swallowing/choking 1 1%
Dyskinesia 1 1%
Stiffness/Spasticity 1 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Alprazolam.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show top 10)

  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 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 25 mg daily
  6 Number of Patients: 6 9 Number of Patients: 9 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 9 Number of Patients: 9 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 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
1
1
0
6
5
6

Stopped Taking Alprazolam

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
1
2
0
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Alprazolam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2 33% Other: 33%
Did not seem to work 1 17% Did not seem to work: 17%
Doctor's advice 1 17% Doctor's advice: 17%
Side effects too severe 1 17% Side effects too severe: 17%
Course of treatment ended 1 17% Course of treatment ended: 17%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 6 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

There is currently no efficacy data for Alprazolam.

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 67% 4
None 33% 2

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

Summary results are based on 6 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 6)

  • CombatALS
    Sex: F
    Mouth/throat: severe
    Arms: severe
    Chest: severe
    Legs: severe
    See profile
  • CombatALS
  • by CombatALS
    Mar 30, 2009
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsMild
  • Anxiety

  • donduck63
    Sex: F
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: moderate
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • by donduck63
    Feb 19, 2009
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsMild
  • Anxiety

See all evaluation results for Alprazolam

Report created on November 08, 2009.