Most frequent complaints reported(multiple complaints per patient are possible)

Adverse effect may be due to disease and/or other underlying condition and medication/treatment may not be causative factor




DRUG RATING DETAILS (RANK BASED ON RATINGS OF SIMILAR DRUGS; SEE TABLE AT BOTTOM)


Drug Brand Name Valium
Drug Substance/Generic Name diazepam
Number of Patients Complaining 49,742
Serious Reactions to Substance 41,146
Non Serious Reactions to Substance 11,400
Substance Not Effective Complaints 3,073
At-Ray Ratio (NSR/SR); Safety indicator, higher is safer 0.28
PP Ratio (Patients Complaining/Not Effective), higher is more effective 16.19
Drug Rating = PP Ratio* At-Ray Ratio 4.62

Summary (from Wikipedia)




Indications and Usage (from FDA label)


INDICATIONS Valium is indicated for the management of anxiety disorders or for the short-term relief of the symptoms of anxiety. Anxiety or tension associated with the stress of everyday life usually does not require treatment with an anxiolytic. In acute alcohol withdrawal, Valium may be useful in the symptomatic relief of acute agitation, tremor, impending or acute delirium tremens and hallucinosis. Valium is a useful adjunct for the relief of skeletal muscle spasm due to reflex spasm to local pathology (such as inflammation of the muscles or joints, or secondary to trauma), spasticity caused by upper motor neuron disorders (such as cerebral palsy and paraplegia), athetosis, and stiff-man syndrome. Oral Valium may be used adjunctively in convulsive disorders, although it has not proved useful as the sole therapy. The effectiveness of Valium in long-term use, that is, more than 4 months, has not been assessed by systematic clinical studies. The physician should periodically reassess the usefulness of the drug for the individual patient.

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Benzodiazepine derivatives
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