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.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Anxiety | 102 |
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27 | ||
| Panic attacks | 32 |
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10 | ||
| Sleep problems | 31 |
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7 | ||
| Insomnia | 21 |
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5 | ||
| Other | 12 |
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5 | ||
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) | 11 |
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3 |
See all 218 patients currently taking Alprazolam
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Alprazolam. See all 24 dosages ►
| 0.25 mg as needed | 0.25mg as needed | 0.5 0.25mg as needed | 0.5 mg as needed | 0.5mg as needed | 1mg as needed | 2 1mg as needed | 2mg as needed | 3 0.25mg as needed | 0.075 mg daily | 0.25 mg daily | 0.5 mg daily | 0.625 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 | 5 mg daily | 6 mg daily | 8 mg daily | 25 mg daily | ||
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3
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20
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1
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1
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26
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11
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1
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2
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2
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1
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21
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38
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1
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4
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33
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10
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20
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2
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11
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9
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1
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6
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1
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1
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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5 | 33% |
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Doctor's advice
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3 | 20% |
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Did not seem to work
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2 | 13% |
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Course of treatment ended
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2 | 13% |
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Expense
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1 | 7% |
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Personal research
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1 | 7% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 38 patient evaluations
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- hdno1
- Sex: F
- Pain: All
- Fatigue: All
- Sleep: All
- Stiffness: All
- function: None
- external_stress: Some
- Stickman: all
- Description:F56y
- FM:11y Dx
- See profile
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- hdno1
- 0.5 mg daily
- since Feb 14, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Anxiety
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Side Effects
Mild
- See full evaluation
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- Lee12
- Sex: F
- Pain: Some
- Fatigue: Most
- Sleep: Most
- Stiffness: Most
- function: Some
- external_stress: Most
- Stickman: most
- Description:F50y
- FM:?y
- See profile
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- Lee12
- 1.5 mg daily
- since Feb 20, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Anxiety
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- HALL271959
- Sex: F
- Pain: Most
- Fatigue: Most
- Sleep: All
- Stiffness: Most
- function: Little
- external_stress: Most
- Stickman: most
- Description:F50y
- FM:1y Dx
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- HALL271959
- 0.25mg as needed
- since Feb 12, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Anxiety
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 38 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.