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What is Eszopiclone?

Eszopiclone is an hypnotic and nonbenzodiazepine used for the treatment of insomnia.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Insomnia 220 76 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Difficulty sleeping through night 55 15 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 28 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Primary Insomnia 23 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Sleep problems 22 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Fibromyalgia 20 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 275 patients currently taking Eszopiclone

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Eszopiclone. See all 25 dosages ►

  daily 3mg as needed 1mg as needed 2mg as needed 1 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 6 mg daily 7.5 mg daily 10 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 27 Number of Patients: 27 12 Number of Patients: 12 13 Number of Patients: 13 22 Number of Patients: 22 54 Number of Patients: 54 125 Number of Patients: 125 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Eszopiclone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 74   Did not seem to work: 48%
Expense 31   Expense: 20%
Side effects too severe 25   Side effects too severe: 16%
Other 24   Other: 15%
Doctor's advice 17   Doctor's advice: 11%
Course of treatment ended 12   Course of treatment ended: 8%
Change in health plan coverage 9   Change in health plan coverage: 6%
Personal research 7   Personal research: 5%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 1%

See all 152 patients who’ve stopped taking Eszopiclone

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

Currently Taking Eszopiclone

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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 Eszopiclone

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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 Eszopiclone

Always
 80 67%
Usually
 18 15%
Sometimes
 18 15%
Never
 4 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Eszopiclone

Very
 4 3%
Somewhat
 8 7%
A little
 18 15%
Not at all
 90 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Eszopiclone

$200+
 3 4%
$100-199
 5 6%
$50-99
 14 18%
$25-49
 21 26%
< $25
 36 45%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.