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What is Zopiclone?

Zopiclone is a hypnotic nonbenzodiazepine that is used to treat sleep disorders.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Insomnia 83 19 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Sleep problems 56 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 10 1 Efficacy_moderate
Sleeplessness 4 0
Fibromyalgia 3 0
General health 3 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 142 patients currently taking Zopiclone

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 5
Moderate
 9
Mild
 8
None
 15

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

Metallic taste in mouth 3
Hangover effect in morning 2
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 2
Bad taste in mouth 2
Drowsy in a.m. 1
Vivid dreams 1
See all 21 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Zopiclone. See all 31 dosages ►

  10mg as needed 7.5mg as needed 7mg as needed 3.75mg as needed 1 mg daily 3.75 mg daily 7 mg daily 7.5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 19 Number of Patients: 19 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 6 Number of Patients: 6 9 Number of Patients: 9 4 Number of Patients: 4 60 Number of Patients: 60 3 Number of Patients: 3 10 Number of Patients: 10  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Zopiclone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 14   Side effects too severe: 30%
Other 13   Other: 28%
Doctor's advice 11   Doctor's advice: 23%
Did not seem to work 9   Did not seem to work: 19%
Course of treatment ended 9   Course of treatment ended: 19%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 6%

See all 45 patients who’ve stopped taking Zopiclone

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

Currently Taking Zopiclone

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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 Zopiclone

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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 Zopiclone

Always
 23 62%
Usually
 7 19%
Sometimes
 6 16%
Never
 1 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Zopiclone

Very
 2 5%
Somewhat
 3 8%
A little
 3 8%
Not at all
 29 78%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Zopiclone

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 5%
$25-49
 3 16%
< $25
 15 79%

Report created on May 26, 2012.