Get Informed: Valium
VALIUM Safety Report
The average iGuard risk rating for Valium is orange mostly because Valium has been associated with high rates of dependence, and should be managed carefully. It means that Valium should normally be used cautiously to minimize the risk of serious side effects.
What is VALIUM used for?
iGuard.org is currently tracking more than 6,490 patients who are using Valium for the following reasons:
| DISEASE / CONDITION | % | AVERAGE SEVERITY |
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| ANXIETY | 52% |
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| MUSCLE SPASMS | 29% |
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| INSOMNIA | 13% |
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| PANIC DISORDER | 10% |
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| DEPRESSION | 8% |
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| BIPOLAR DISORDER | 6% |
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| PAIN - BACK/NECK | 1% |
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| NAUSEA | 1% |
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| PAIN | 1% |
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| IRRITABLE BOWEL | 1% |
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| MENIERE'S DISEASE | 1% |
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| PAIN - NEUROPATHIC | 1% |
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| MIGRAINE/HEADACHE | 1% |
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| OVERACTIVE BLADDER | 1% |
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How well does VALIUM work?
iGuard.org regularly polls our more than 6,490 users taking Valium using the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medications (TSQM). This feedback is continuously updated in tables below for the benefit of the iGuard community. To request scores for specific patient subgroups, please contact research@iguard.org.
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Common Side Effects of VALIUM
iGuard.org regularly polls our more than 6,490 users taking Valium to monitor the development and frequency of side-effects. This feedback is continuously updated in tables and graphs below for the benefit of the iGuard community.
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Patient Comments about
Valium HERE
| ACTIVE INGREDIENT(S) | |
| Diazepam | |
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This product is used primarily in the treatment of anxiety. It is a benzodiazepine that works on the brain to promote muscle relaxation and sedation.
Last Text Update: September 15, 2008
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| Pregnancy Category | D |
| Black Box Warning | No |
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Recent VALIUM Alerts
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I am a 60 year old male. I've been taking valium ffor about as long as I have been taking citalopram hydrobromide. My doctor gave it to me in combination withe citalopram. It helps with the stress, but I am still concerned about the dependency. If they can put a man into outerspace, work on the space stattion-walking in space why can't they come out with a medication for this without it becoming a dependency.
60 year old male
Posted: 2009-04-23 15:44:27
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Becoming a dependency is kind of generality here. This is not true for every one. I only use it when an attack occurs. I've mentioned before that I never use it as a preventative (just for the sake of taking it) nor do I use it as a sleep aid when no panic is involved. I don't use it daily either. I use 10mg 3 times a month at most. If the attack is extra tough, I break one tablet in half and take another 5mg and that seems to do it on the occasion that something like that does occur. Along with some meditation excercises and a little behavior modification, my use of Valium has dropped considerably since I first had it prescribed. I will agree though, if the panick attack is really bad, then by all means take one!
49 year old male
Posted: 2009-05-15 17:09:21
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Not sure your specifics for taking the valium, or what the other medication you mentioned actually is. If the valium is for muscle spasm, and not for anxiety, you may want to do some research on ...botox! another form, myoblock. Botox is not only used cosmetically, but has been used in the medical field for a long time, with stroke victims that have tight spastic muscles, and also for cerebral palsy. talk with your MD! good luck great websit for info, Mercola.com
44 year old female
Posted: 2009-05-17 12:26:44
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I have been diagnosed with severe panic disorder that happens abruptly. I use 10mg of Valium for an attack in progress only. Not as a preventative. It works great for sudden, lingering, attacks and seems to work rather quickly. Also would like to let cigarette smokers know that nicotine will negate the effect of valium. Try not to smoke if you anticipate the need to use it and don't smoke while its trying to work.
49 year old male
Posted: 2009-04-15 19:49:56
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I started taking a Stress Formula vitamin supplement and have noticed I need less vailum for anxiety. I am on between 10 mg of valium a day or every other day to an occasional 30 mg in one day on a really bad day. Am I addicted? I have been on it off and on for many years, mostly on when in big social situations. It stops panic attacks which run rampant in my family. How do I dump this drug?
59 year old female
Posted: 2009-03-05 16:00:03
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Hi all . . . I am a female age 68 taking valium since I was in an auto accident at age 18. I am. totally addicted but came down from 80 mg a day, and functioning, back then, now to 5 mg and no matter what the doctors in Boston have tried, I no longer function without it. I have accepted the fact that I am stuck with it forever, but I would advise only short term use and breaking off of it quickly. It keeps my anxiety down and by now I forget that I have any problems with it but as a word of advise of someone who has been on it for 50 years, this is a waste to be so dependent on a drug...There has to be a better way and avoid its use. Its easy to become dependent especially if you have a doctor that just writes scripts.
Good Luck to you all
68 year old female
Posted: 2009-02-22 14:42:58
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I am 30 year old i trake diazepam for anxiety but I also have a condition that I freeze and fall my doctor thinks that I am having drop seizures so he said that diazepam would help me does anyone else take this medication for seizures and does it work I have been on it for only three monthsI take 2mg one tab 3 times a day.I am still falling and I do see a nerologist for my condition but she gave me carbidopa/levo its been a year and not better.My doctors don't agree on my condition or what it is but I am willing to try anything that will help me.
30 year old male
Posted: 2009-05-26 17:09:17 Rating: