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What is Alprazolam?

Alprazolam is a benzodiazepine used for the treatment of anxiety disorder, panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia, and anxiety associated with depression. Off label it is used to treat anxiety in children.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Anxious mood 1088 279 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Panic attacks 360 103 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Panic Disorder 203 21 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Insomnia 150 40 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 95 23 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Sleep problems 80 18 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 1960 patients currently taking Alprazolam

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 21
Moderate
 63
Mild
 141
None
 228

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

Sleepiness 50
Sedation 48
Problems concentrating 37
Drowsiness 25
Memory problems 23
Anger and irritability between doses 19
See all 66 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Alprazolam. See all 76 dosages ►

  0.5mg as needed 0.25mg as needed 1mg as needed 0.25 mg daily 0.5 mg daily 1 mg daily 1.5 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily
  267 Number of Patients: 267 267 Number of Patients: 267 106 Number of Patients: 106 172 Number of Patients: 172 257 Number of Patients: 257 235 Number of Patients: 235 74 Number of Patients: 74 157 Number of Patients: 157 106 Number of Patients: 106 68 Number of Patients: 68  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Alprazolam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 113   Other: 32%
Doctor's advice 103   Doctor's advice: 29%
Did not seem to work 60   Did not seem to work: 17%
Course of treatment ended 59   Course of treatment ended: 17%
Side effects too severe 45   Side effects too severe: 13%
Personal research 21   Personal research: 6%
Expense 8   Expense: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 8   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Not indicated 8   Not indicated: 2%

See all 331 patients who’ve stopped taking Alprazolam

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

Currently Taking Alprazolam

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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 Alprazolam

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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 Alprazolam

Always
 258 57%
Usually
 121 27%
Sometimes
 66 15%
Never
 8 2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Alprazolam

Very
 11 2%
Somewhat
 33 7%
A little
 58 13%
Not at all
 351 77%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Alprazolam

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 0%
$50-99
 9 3%
$25-49
 19 6%
< $25
 267 90%

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Report created on February 09, 2012.