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What is Eszopiclone?

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

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Insomnia 213 75 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Difficulty sleeping through night 46 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 28 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Sleep problems 22 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Fibromyalgia 19 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Fatigue 17 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none

See all 255 patients currently taking Eszopiclone

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 7
Moderate
 19
Mild
 44
None
 47

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

Bad taste in mouth 21
Hangover effect 9
Wake up several times during the night 8
Weird or strange dreams 7
Metallic taste in mouth 6
sleep only two hour then get up for four, then sleep another 4 hrs 5
See all 31 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Eszopiclone. See all 20 dosages ►

  2mg as needed daily 1mg as needed 3mg as needed 1 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 5 mg daily 6 mg daily 10 mg daily
  12 Number of Patients: 12 2 Number of Patients: 2 11 Number of Patients: 11 25 Number of Patients: 25 24 Number of Patients: 24 50 Number of Patients: 50 116 Number of Patients: 116 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Eszopiclone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 71   Did not seem to work: 48%
Expense 28   Expense: 19%
Side effects too severe 23   Side effects too severe: 16%
Other 22   Other: 15%
Doctor's advice 18   Doctor's advice: 12%
Course of treatment ended 12   Course of treatment ended: 8%
Change in health plan coverage 10   Change in health plan coverage: 7%
Personal research 7   Personal research: 5%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 1%

See all 145 patients who’ve stopped taking Eszopiclone

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

Currently Taking Eszopiclone

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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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Stopped Taking Eszopiclone

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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 Eszopiclone

Always
 78 67%
Usually
 17 15%
Sometimes
 18 15%
Never
 4 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Eszopiclone

Very
 4 3%
Somewhat
 8 7%
A little
 17 15%
Not at all
 88 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Eszopiclone

$200+
 3 4%
$100-199
 4 5%
$50-99
 14 18%
$25-49
 21 27%
< $25
 36 46%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.