Hydroxyzine HCL Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Vistaril, Atarax, Hydroxyzine Pamoate (Show all)
What is Hydroxyzine HCL?
Hydroxyzine is a generic drug in two preparations, pamoate and hydrochloride salts, used to relieve itching caused by allergies and to control the nausea and vomiting caused by various conditions, including motion sickness; also used for anxiety and to treat the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Anxiety | 26 |
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| Other | 8 |
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| Insomnia | 6 |
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2 | ||||
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 5 |
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1 | ||||
| Anxiety and frustration | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| Stress/anxiety | 4 | 0 |
See all 49 patients currently taking Hydroxyzine HCL
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Hydroxyzine HCL. See all 21 dosages ►
| 10mg as needed | 25mg as needed | 2 pamoate25mg as needed | 2 pamoate50mg as needed | 4 hydrochloride50mg as needed | 50 mg as needed | 50mg as needed | as needed | hydrochloride25mg as needed | pamoate25mg as needed | 25 mg monthly | hydrochloride 10 mg/5 mL daily | 20 mg daily | 25 mg daily | 3 x hydrochloride 10 mg/5 mL daily | 40 mg daily | 50 mg daily | 75 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 150 mg daily | 200 mg daily | ||
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Did not seem to work
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7 | 41% |
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Doctor's advice
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6 | 35% |
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Other
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4 | 24% |
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Side effects too severe
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2 | 12% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 6% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- fragiletruth
- Sex: F
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 0
- Mania: 2
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: Low
- 24 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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- fragiletruth
- 50 mg daily
- since Jul 08, 2008
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Efficacy
Slight
for Insomnia
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Didn't work for me, so I told them not to bother giving me a prescription for it when I left the hospital. See full evaluation
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- b3ck
- Sex: F
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 3
- Mania: 4
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Overwhelming
- 30 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Moderate
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- b3ck
- pamoate25mg as needed
- since Sep 12, 2008
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Efficacy
None
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Vistaril was very ineffective in treating my panic attacks, they didn't even make me sleepy even though they are basically a super dose of benadryl. I did... See full evaluation
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- Mazin Z
- Sex: M
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 4
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Moderate
- 38 M
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Moderate
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- Mazin Z
- 25 mg daily
- since Apr 12, 1996
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Efficacy
Major
for Anxiety
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Side Effects
Severe
- See full evaluation
See all 14 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.