What is Xanax?
Xanax® is a brand name for the drug alprazolam, a short-acting drug in the benzodiazepine class used to treat anxiety disorders and as an adjunctive treatment for depression.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | 12 |
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1 | ||||
| anxiety, insomnia, panic attacks, muscle tension, tremor, irratibility, depression | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Insomnia | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| tremor | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Treat Parkinson's | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 20% |
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Personal research
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1 | 20% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 20% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 20% |
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Other
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1 | 20% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 20% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- Dana O.
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- Dana O.
- 0.5mg as needed
- since Feb 25, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Anxiety
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips I usually take less during the daytime or none. I don't take it consistently at this point although since my symptoms have recently increased so has my tend... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.