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What is Stilnoct?

Stilnoct, also known as Stilnox, is an international brand name for zolpidem. It is a sedative-hypnotic drug used for short-term treatment of insomnia that presents as difficulty of sleep onset and maintenance of sleep.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Other 8 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Insomnia 6 1 Efficacy_moderate
Sleeplessness 2 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Nerve pain (neuralgia) 1 0
Fibromyalgia 1 1 Efficacy_none
ME 1 0

See all 9 patients currently taking Stilnoct

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 4
None
 0

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

Problems with coordination 2
Memory Loss 1

Reported Dosages

  10mg as needed 10 mg daily 20 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Stilnoct (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 50%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 25%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 25%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 25%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 13%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 13%

See all 8 patients who’ve stopped taking Stilnoct

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

Stopped Taking Stilnoct

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Stilnoct

Always
 3 50%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 3 50%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Stilnoct

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 17%
A little
 2 33%
Not at all
 3 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Stilnoct

$200+
 1 33%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 67%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.