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Temazepam Treatment Report

Brand Names: Restoril

What is Temazepam? Temazepam is a benzodiazepine used for the short-term treatment of insomnia. Off label it is used for the treatment of anxiety; adjunct in the treatment of depression; and management of panic attacks.

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Reasons taken

175 patients in the community are taking or have taken Temazepam.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Insomnia 80 45%
Other 36 20%
Difficulty sleeping through night 6 3%
General health 5 2%
disease-related symptoms 3 1%
Don't know 2 1%
Awakening due to pain 2 1%
Anxiety 2 1%
Pain 1 <1%
Sleeplessness 1 <1%
Treat Parkinson's 1 <1%
Treat my mood condition(s) 1 <1%
Sleep problems 1 <1%

Other treatments patients are taking for disease-related symptoms include Zolpidem, Trazodone, and Clonazepam.

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Temazepam.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show Top 10)

  10mg as needed 15 mg as needed 15mg as needed 20mg as needed 30mg as needed 5mg as needed 7.5 mg as needed 7.5mg as needed daily mg as needed 30 mg yearly 1 daily 5 mg daily 7.5 mg daily 10 mg daily 15 mg daily 20 mg daily 22.5 mg daily 30 mg daily 45 mg daily 60 mg daily 75 mg daily 900 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 4 Number of Patients: 4 26 Number of Patients: 26 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 43 Number of Patients: 43 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Temazepam or how long patients were taking Temazepam before stopping.

Currently Taking Temazepam

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
13
14
13
26
23

Stopped Taking Temazepam

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
11
9
5
6
5
4
Why Patients Stopped Taking Temazepam (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 17 40% Did not seem to work: 40%
Doctor's advice 12 29% Doctor's advice: 29%
Other 7 17% Other: 17%
Side effects too severe 4 10% Side effects too severe: 10%
Personal research 4 10% Personal research: 10%
Course of treatment ended 4 10% Course of treatment ended: 10%
Expense 2 5% Expense: 5%
Not indicated 1 2% Not indicated: 2%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 33 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 38% 3
Moderate 63% 5

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 24% 8
Mild 9% 3
None 67% 22

Top reported side-effects include: Sedation, Brain fog, Difficulty concentrating

Summary results are based on 33 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 33)

  • dixie pixie
    Sex: F
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: mild
    Chest: mild
    Legs: mild
  • dixie pixie
  • by dixie pixie
    Jun 14, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

  • mammananny
    Sex: F
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Moderate
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: moderate
    Swallowing: moderate
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: severe
  • mammananny
  • by mammananny
    Aug 29, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsMild
  • Other

See all evaluation results for Temazepam

Report created on July 04, 2009.