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What is Diazepam?
Diazepam is a benzodiazepine used to manage anxiety disorders, alcohol withdrawal symptoms; skeletal muscle relaxant; seizure activity; muscle spasms. Off label it is used for panic disorders; preoperative sedation, light anesthesia, and amnesia.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken |
# of patients
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | 29 |
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5 | |||
| Muscle spasms | 14 |
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5 | |||
| Other | 12 |
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3 | ||||
| Muscle cramps | 8 |
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1 | ||||
| Pain | 7 |
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1 | ||||
| Insomnia | 4 | 0 |
See all 82 patients currently taking Diazepam
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Diazepam. See all 18 dosages ►
| 10 mg all the time (24/7) | 10mg as needed | 1.5 10mg as needed | 15mg as needed | 2 10mg as needed | 2 2mg as needed | 2 5mg as needed | 2mg as needed | 5mg as needed | 5mg/mL as needed | 2 mg daily | 5 mg daily | 10 mg daily | 12 mg daily | 15 mg daily | 20 mg daily | 30 mg daily | 40 mg daily | ||
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2
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11
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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3
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9
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4
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3
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16
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10
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1
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3
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11
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5
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2
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Doctor's advice
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5 | 36% |
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Did not seem to work
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3 | 21% |
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Other
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3 | 21% |
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Course of treatment ended
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3 | 21% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 7% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- dawny
- Sex: F
- Pain: All
- Fatigue: All
- Sleep: All
- Stiffness: All
- function: None
- external_stress: Most
- Stickman: all
- Description:F28y
- FM:1y Dx
- See profile
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- dawny
- 10 mg all the time (24/7)
- since Jun 14, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips I've had panic and axiety attacks since I was a child (7years old). I've learned to live with the generalized axiety of everyday. Since, I began having sym... See full evaluation
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- phnx3
- Sex: F
- Pain: Most
- Fatigue: Some
- Sleep: None
- Stiffness: Most
- function: Most
- external_stress: Little
- Stickman: some
- Description:F56y
- FM:2y Dx
- CFS:2y Dx
- See profile
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- phnx3
- 5mg as needed
- since Oct 18, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Stiffness/Spasticity
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Valium is the ONLY medication that my body & mind can tolerate - it relaxes my muscles & also helps me get to sleep when I occasionally find I can't yet it d... See full evaluation
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- cokeseal
- Sex: F
- Pain: All
- Fatigue: All
- Sleep: Most
- Stiffness: All
- function: None
- external_stress: All
- Stickman: all
- Description:F39y
- FM:5y Dx
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- cokeseal
- 20 mg daily
- since Dec 27, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips Make sure u don't have alot to do. I normally won't even drive unless someones with me, because I'll zone out and not realize it. I haven't had a speeding t... See full evaluation
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Report created on March 20, 2010.