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What is Eszopiclone?

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

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Insomnia 41 12
Other 5 1
Lack of Sleep 2 0
General health 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
2 15%
Mild
6 46%
None
5 38%

Most commonly reported side effects

Bad taste in mouth
6 46%
sleep only two hour then get up for four, then sleep another 4 hrs
3 23%
doesn't always make me tired-opposite effect
3 23%
early morning wakening
2 15%
Hangover effect, next morning
2 15%
Weird dreams
1 8%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  1mg as needed 2mg as needed 3 mg as needed 3mg as needed 1 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 5 mg daily 6 mg daily 10 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 15 Number of Patients: 15 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Eszopiclone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
11 61% Did not seem to work: 61%
Other
3 17% Other: 17%
Doctor's advice
2 11% Doctor's advice: 11%
Side effects too severe
2 11% Side effects too severe: 11%
Course of treatment ended
2 11% Course of treatment ended: 11%
Not indicated
1 6% Not indicated: 6%

See all 18 patients who’ve stopped taking Eszopiclone

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Eszopiclone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
0
2
4
4
8

Stopped Taking Eszopiclone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
10
3
2
0
3
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
12 92%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
1 8%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 8%
Somewhat
4 31%
A little
2 15%
Not at all
6 46%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
1 8%
$50-99
2 15%
$25-49
2 15%
< $25
4 31%

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Report created on November 24, 2009.