103 patient evaluations for Alprazolam

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Mar 7, 2013 (Started Oct 14, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for subjective tinnitus (clicking beating noise and pulsations in the ear))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: vertigo

Apr 1, 2012 (Started Oct 14, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for subjective tinnitus (clicking beating noise and pulsations in the ear))
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: vertigo

Jun 14, 2010 (Started Oct 14, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for subjective tinnitus (clicking beating noise and pulsations in the ear))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (vertigo)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: Initially makes me a little dizzy, then works really well for noise abatement.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: vertigo
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 13, 2013 (Started Oct 09, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for inability to handle stress (bad stress reactions))
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for panic attacks)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for panic disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 2 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 5, 2013 (Started Nov 11, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for insomnia (less than 2 hours sleep))
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 0.5 mg Daily

Nov 16, 2012 (Started Nov 11, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for insomnia (less than 2 hours sleep))
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 0.5 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 21, 2012 (Started Jul 15, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for insomnia)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1.5 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I have no bad side effects from the drug itself, however since I have been on it for so long, I can not go without it. By not getting my refill in time on a Friday, I had to go without it all weekend and went through living hell until Sunday night when I finally got hold of my doctor. At this time, I do not know if I could stop taking this medication without help from possibly some other drug. If I do not take the afternoon tablet, I experience a tightness in my chest, feel anxious and get upset easily, which in turn just makes the first 2 symptoms worse...
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sleepiness

Feb 14, 2009 (Started Jul 15, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for insomnia)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (sleepiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1.5 mg Daily
Side effects: sleepiness

Jan 22, 2009 (Started Jul 15, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for insomnia)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 1.5 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: If taken for anxiety, I have found it to take away the tightness I experience in my chest and the drowning feeling when I have a bad anxiety attack.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sleepiness
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 15, 2011 (Started Mar 21, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for panic disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take

Jul 1, 2011 (Started Mar 21, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for panic disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 15, 2010 (Started Jan 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for panic disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 15, 2010 (Started Oct 15, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for panic attacks)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 15, 2012 (Started Jan 15, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for panic disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 1 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: a
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 24, 2012 (Started Feb 03, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I only take this as needed. 0.25 mg up to 4 times a day. It takes the edge off. When I feel very anxious I will take two. I know some who take 1 mg up to 6 times a day. I would sleep with anything over .50 mg. (lol) This is one of the drugs that are not covered in my low prescription cost program though it is much needed!
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 1 helpful mark

Aug 30, 2011 (Started Jun 02, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for mild depression)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for panic disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 0.25 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks
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