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What is Ramelteon?

Ramelteon is a hypnotic, nonbenzodiazepine used for the treatment of insomnia characterized by difficulty with sleep onset

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Insomnia 62 25 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 15 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Primary Insomnia 7 1 Efficacy_none
Difficulty sleeping through night 3 1 Efficacy_moderate
Awakening due to pain 3 1 Efficacy_slight
getting to sleep 2 0

See all 49 patients currently taking Ramelteon

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 3
Mild
 4
None
 24

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

Drugged feeling 4
Difficulty falling asleep 2
Drowsiness 1
Hangover effect 1
Vivid dreams a couple times a week 1
Insomnia 1
See all 8 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

  10mg as needed 2 8mg as needed 8mg as needed mg as needed 2 mg daily 8 mg daily 10 daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 40 Number of Patients: 40 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ramelteon (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 35   Did not seem to work: 66%
Other 10   Other: 19%
Course of treatment ended 7   Course of treatment ended: 13%
Doctor's advice 4   Doctor's advice: 8%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 8%
Expense 4   Expense: 8%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 2%

See all 52 patients who’ve stopped taking Ramelteon

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

Currently Taking Ramelteon

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

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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 Ramelteon

Always
 21 66%
Usually
 7 22%
Sometimes
 3 9%
Never
 1 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ramelteon

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 8 25%
Not at all
 24 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ramelteon

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 2 10%
$25-49
 6 30%
< $25
 12 60%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.