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What is Lorazepam?

Lorazepam is a benzodiazepine used in the treatment of anxiety disorders. It is used intravenously for status epilepticus. Off label it is used for alcohol detoxification; insomnia; partial complex seizures; agitation; and as an adjunct in antiemetic treatment.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Anxious mood 741 217 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Insomnia 192 69 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Panic Disorder 137 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Social Anxiety Disorder 97 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 89 18 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Panic attacks 87 35 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 1383 patients currently taking Lorazepam

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 27
Moderate
 58
Mild
 125
None
 187

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

Drowsiness 67
Sedation 26
Balance worsened 19
Loss of short term memory 17
Dizziness 15
Memory Loss 15
See all 92 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Lorazepam. See all 70 dosages ►

  2mg/mL as needed 2mg as needed 1mg as needed 0.5mg as needed 0.5 mg daily 1 mg daily 1.5 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily
  27 Number of Patients: 27 37 Number of Patients: 37 255 Number of Patients: 255 271 Number of Patients: 271 116 Number of Patients: 116 230 Number of Patients: 230 51 Number of Patients: 51 161 Number of Patients: 161 62 Number of Patients: 62 51 Number of Patients: 51  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lorazepam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 105   Other: 30%
Doctor's advice 93   Doctor's advice: 27%
Did not seem to work 75   Did not seem to work: 21%
Course of treatment ended 61   Course of treatment ended: 17%
Side effects too severe 47   Side effects too severe: 13%
Personal research 17   Personal research: 5%
Expense 14   Expense: 4%
Not indicated 13   Not indicated: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 6   Change in health plan coverage: 2%

See all 338 patients who’ve stopped taking Lorazepam

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

Currently Taking Lorazepam

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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 Lorazepam

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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 Lorazepam

Always
 226 57%
Usually
 93 23%
Sometimes
 61 15%
Never
 17 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Lorazepam

Very
 8 2%
Somewhat
 34 9%
A little
 42 11%
Not at all
 313 79%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Lorazepam

$200+
 2 1%
$100-199
 2 1%
$50-99
 3 1%
$25-49
 12 5%
< $25
 228 92%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.