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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 and Efficacy
Reasons taken	# of patients	# of patients evaluated by
Anxiety	210	55
Panic attacks	75	23
Treat my mood condition(s)	74	13
Other	24	5
Insomnia	19	4
Support another treatment	5	3
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD	4	2
General health	3	0
Migraine	2	0
anger	2	0
light headed	1	0
Smothering spells	1	0
Panic Disorder	1	0
TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint) Pain	1	0
Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Social Anxiety	1	0
Hyperventilation	1	0
Anxiety and frustration	1	1
Don't know	1	0
hypomania	1	0
anxiety, panic attacks	1	0
Sleeplessness	1	1
Agoraphobia	1	0
Anxiety attacks	1	1

See all 23 reasons taken ▼

See all 386 patients currently taking Alprazolam

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	4	5%
Moderate	19	22%
Mild	35	41%
None	27	32%

Most commonly reported side effects

Sedation	27	32%
Difficulty concentrating	21	25%
Sleepiness	19	22%
Memory problems	13	15%
Interdose withdrawal effects (anger/irritability)	10	12%
Drowsiness	9	11%
Balance problems	8	9%
Headaches	6	7%
Anger/Irritability between doses	3	4%
Loss of coordination/balance	2	2%
Problems concentrating	2	2%
Fatigue	2	2%
Trouble waking up	2	2%
Constipation	2	2%
Hangover effect	1	1%
Addictive	1	1%
makes alittle sleepy	1	1%
Brain fog	1	1%
hallucinations when taken with Ambien on an empty stomach	1	1%
Hangover effect, next morning	1	1%
it's addictive. I prefer totake a pill every night to sleep very soundly	1	1%
Daytime sleepiness	1	1%
Addiction	1	1%
Sleeplessness	1	1%
Cognitive impairment	1	1%
inability to concentrate	1	1%

Mild
Moderate
Severe

See all 26 reported side effects ▼

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Alprazolam. See all 57 dosages ►

0.025mg as needed	0.03mg as needed	0.125mg as needed	0.25 mg as needed	0.25mg as needed	0.375mg as needed	0.5 0.25mg as needed	0.5 mg all the time (24/7)	0.5 mg as needed	0.5mg as needed	0mg as needed	10mg as needed	1.5mg as needed	1mcg as needed	1 mg all the time (24/7)	1 mg as needed	1mg as needed	2 0.25mg as needed	2 0.5mg as needed	2 1mg as needed	2 2mg as needed	25mg as needed	2 mg all the time (24/7)	2mg as needed	3 0.5mg as needed	3 1mg as needed	4 0.25mg as needed	4 0.5mg as needed	4mg as needed	5 0.25mg as needed	5mg as needed	60 1mg as needed	6 0.5mg as needed	daily	mg as needed	0.25 mg monthly	0.25 mg monthly	0.125 mg daily	0.25 mg daily	1 mg weekly	0.1875 mg daily	0.25 mg daily	0.5 mg daily	0.75 mg daily	1 mg daily	1.25 mg daily	1.5 mg daily	2 mg daily	3 mg daily	4 mg daily	5 mg daily	6 mg daily	8 mg daily	10 mg daily	25 mg daily	30 mg daily	40 mg daily
1	1	1	1	40	1	2	1	2	53	1	1	1	1	1	4	20	5	2	1	1	1	1	7	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	24	42	12	41	1	18	27	17	23	2	6	3	1	1	1	1

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Alprazolam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice	17	32%
Other	16	30%
Side effects too severe	13	25%
Course of treatment ended	12	23%
Did not seem to work	11	21%
Personal research	2	4%
Not indicated	2	4%

See all 50 patients who’ve stopped taking Alprazolam

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Alprazolam

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
2	12	11	48	38	56

Stopped Taking Alprazolam

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
3	7	11	8	9	12

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always	50	59%
Usually	25	29%
Sometimes	10	12%
Never	0	0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very	2	2%
Somewhat	9	11%
A little	17	20%
Not at all	57	67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+	0	0%
$100-199	0	0%
$50-99	2	2%
$25-49	6	7%
< $25	51	60%

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Patient Evaluations

See all 85 patient evaluations

sixstarus

Sex: F

Depression: 3

Emotional: 3

Compulsion: 3

Anxiety: 3

Mania: 2

Physical: 3

External Stress: Overwhelming

53 F

Function: Low

Distress: High

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sixstarus

0.25 mg daily

since Sep 15, 2008
Efficacy Major for Other
Side Effects Moderate
Advice/Tips This med is very addictive. Try not to use it to much only when needed. See full evaluation

Hushpuppy

Sex: F

Depression: 2

Emotional: 1

Compulsion: 0

Anxiety: 0

Mania: 0

Physical: 0

External Stress: Low

29 F

Function: High

Distress: Low

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Hushpuppy

0.25mg as needed

since Oct 08, 2008
Efficacy Slight for Treat my mood condition(s)
Side Effects Moderate
Advice/Tips Don't take it if you have to drive a car or anything; it makes me really dizzy. I'm also on another medication that makes me dizzy, so I don't know how much... See full evaluation

itz me

Sex: M

34 M

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itz me

0.25 mg daily

since Nov 10, 2008
Efficacy Slight for Other
Side Effects Severe
See full evaluation

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Forum

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Report created on November 21, 2009.

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0.025mg as needed	0.03mg as needed	0.125mg as needed	0.25 mg as needed	0.25mg as needed	0.375mg as needed	0.5 0.25mg as needed	0.5 mg all the time (24/7)	0.5 mg as needed	0.5mg as needed	0mg as needed	10mg as needed	1.5mg as needed	1mcg as needed	1 mg all the time (24/7)	1 mg as needed	1mg as needed	2 0.25mg as needed	2 0.5mg as needed	2 1mg as needed	2 2mg as needed	25mg as needed	2 mg all the time (24/7)	2mg as needed	3 0.5mg as needed	3 1mg as needed	4 0.25mg as needed	4 0.5mg as needed	4mg as needed	5 0.25mg as needed	5mg as needed	60 1mg as needed	6 0.5mg as needed	daily	mg as needed	0.25 mg monthly	0.25 mg monthly	0.125 mg daily	0.25 mg daily	1 mg weekly	0.1875 mg daily	0.25 mg daily	0.5 mg daily	0.75 mg daily	1 mg daily	1.25 mg daily	1.5 mg daily	2 mg daily	3 mg daily	4 mg daily	5 mg daily	6 mg daily	8 mg daily	10 mg daily	25 mg daily	30 mg daily	40 mg daily
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