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What is Lunesta?

Lunesta is a brand name for the drug Eszopiclone, a nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic agent used in 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 17 4
Other 4 0
can not sleep 3 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 20%
Mild
0 0%
None
4 80%

Most commonly reported side effects

Bad taste in mouth
1 20%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  1 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lunesta (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
7 58% Did not seem to work: 58%
Side effects too severe
3 25% Side effects too severe: 25%
Doctor's advice
2 17% Doctor's advice: 17%
Expense
1 8% Expense: 8%
Personal research
1 8% Personal research: 8%

See all 12 patients who’ve stopped taking Lunesta

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Lunesta

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

Stopped Taking Lunesta

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
5 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 20%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 20%
Not at all
3 60%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 20%
$25-49
1 20%
< $25
2 40%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.