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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 313 84 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Stiffness/Spasticity 215 44 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Muscle spasms 155 28 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 75 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Insomnia 58 22 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain 38 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight

See all 989 patients currently taking Diazepam

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 10
Moderate
 36
Mild
 82
None
 111

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

Sleepiness 32
Drowsiness 13
Grogginess 10
Hangover effect 9
Brain fog 9
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 7
See all 56 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Diazepam. See all 79 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
  30 Number of Patients: 30 89 Number of Patients: 89 58 Number of Patients: 58 149 Number of Patients: 149 38 Number of Patients: 38 135 Number of Patients: 135 136 Number of Patients: 136 69 Number of Patients: 69 69 Number of Patients: 69 48 Number of Patients: 48  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Diazepam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 66   Other: 27%
Doctor's advice 64   Doctor's advice: 26%
Course of treatment ended 56   Course of treatment ended: 23%
Did not seem to work 46   Did not seem to work: 19%
Side effects too severe 26   Side effects too severe: 11%
Personal research 10   Personal research: 4%
Not indicated 9   Not indicated: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 6   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Expense 4   Expense: 2%

See all 236 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
 140 59%
Usually
 59 25%
Sometimes
 30 13%
Never
 10 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Diazepam

Very
 2 1%
Somewhat
 20 8%
A little
 35 15%
Not at all
 182 76%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Diazepam

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 5 3%
$25-49
 12 7%
< $25
 148 90%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.