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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 787 227 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Insomnia 195 70 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Panic Disorder 183 20 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Social Anxiety Disorder 123 12 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 89 36 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 1496 patients currently taking Lorazepam

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 29
Moderate
 66
Mild
 129
None
 199

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

Drowsiness 69
Sedation 26
Balance worsened 19
Loss of short term memory 17
Memory Loss 15
Dizziness 15
See all 100 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Lorazepam. See all 75 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
  29 Number of Patients: 29 41 Number of Patients: 41 278 Number of Patients: 278 298 Number of Patients: 298 119 Number of Patients: 119 254 Number of Patients: 254 50 Number of Patients: 50 174 Number of Patients: 174 69 Number of Patients: 69 54 Number of Patients: 54  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lorazepam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 109   Other: 29%
Doctor's advice 108   Doctor's advice: 29%
Did not seem to work 84   Did not seem to work: 22%
Course of treatment ended 64   Course of treatment ended: 17%
Side effects too severe 49   Side effects too severe: 13%
Personal research 16   Personal research: 4%
Expense 14   Expense: 4%
Not indicated 14   Not indicated: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 6   Change in health plan coverage: 2%

See all 362 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
 244 58%
Usually
 99 23%
Sometimes
 63 15%
Never
 17 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Lorazepam

Very
 9 2%
Somewhat
 38 9%
A little
 44 10%
Not at all
 332 78%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Lorazepam

$200+
 2 1%
$100-199
 2 1%
$50-99
 4 1%
$25-49
 12 4%
< $25
 246 92%

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Report created on May 25, 2012.