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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Anxious mood 282 76 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Stiffness/Spasticity 201 42 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Muscle spasms 128 26 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 75 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Insomnia 57 22 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain 38 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight

See all 936 patients currently taking Diazepam

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 9
Moderate
 35
Mild
 79
None
 105

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

Sleepiness 31
Drowsiness 13
Grogginess 10
Brain fog 9
Hangover effect 9
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 7
See all 52 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Diazepam. See all 78 dosages ►

  5mg/mL as needed 10mg as needed 2mg as needed 5mg as needed 2 mg daily 5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily
  29 Number of Patients: 29 86 Number of Patients: 86 56 Number of Patients: 56 140 Number of Patients: 140 36 Number of Patients: 36 123 Number of Patients: 123 126 Number of Patients: 126 65 Number of Patients: 65 66 Number of Patients: 66 45 Number of Patients: 45  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Diazepam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 61   Other: 27%
Doctor's advice 59   Doctor's advice: 26%
Course of treatment ended 52   Course of treatment ended: 23%
Did not seem to work 44   Did not seem to work: 19%
Side effects too severe 23   Side effects too severe: 10%
Personal research 10   Personal research: 4%
Not indicated 9   Not indicated: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 6   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Expense 4   Expense: 2%

See all 221 patients who’ve stopped taking Diazepam

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

Currently Taking Diazepam

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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 Diazepam

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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 Diazepam

Always
 134 59%
Usually
 55 24%
Sometimes
 29 13%
Never
 10 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Diazepam

Very
 2 1%
Somewhat
 19 8%
A little
 31 14%
Not at all
 176 77%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Diazepam

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 4 3%
$25-49
 12 8%
< $25
 141 90%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.