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Doxepin Treatment Report

Brand Names: Sinequan

What is Doxepin? Doxepin is a tricyclic antidepressant used to treat depression. Off label it is used as an analgesic for certain chronic and neuropathic pain and for anxiety. Read more...Click to read more below

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Reasons taken

51 patients in the community are taking or have taken Doxepin.

Top 10 (Show all)

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 10 19%
Sleep problems 10 19%
Insomnia 6 11%
Depression 5 9%
Treat my mood condition(s) 4 7%
Bladder problems 2 3%
Pain 1 1%
insomnia nightmares 1 1%
excess stomach acid 1 1%
Sleeplessness 1 1%
Itching (pruritus) 1 1%

Other treatments patients are taking for Other include Walking Stick/Cane, MRI, and Levothyroxine.

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Doxepin.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show top 10)

  10mg as needed 2 50mg as needed daily 1 tbs. daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

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

Currently Taking Doxepin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
2
5
5
3
7

Stopped Taking Doxepin

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
5
1
2
1
1
Why Patients Stopped Taking Doxepin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 8 73% Did not seem to work: 73%
Other 2 18% Other: 18%
Personal research 1 9% Personal research: 9%
Course of treatment ended 1 9% Course of treatment ended: 9%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 11 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 50% 1
None 50% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 18% 2
Mild 18% 2
None 64% 7

Top reported side-effects include: Constipation, Chest pain, Sleepiness

Summary results are based on 11 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 11)

  • zoomer
    Sex: F
    Depression: 3
    Emotional: 2
    Compulsion: 1
    Anxiety: 1
    Mania: 0
    Physical: 2
    External Stress: Low
    54 F
    Function: Moderate
    Distress: Low
    See profile
  • zoomer
  • by zoomer
    Aug 13, 2009
  • EfficacyNone
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Insomnia
Advice/Tips
Discontinued before evaluating possible benefits for insomnia. Actually an antideppresent used in very small doses everynight reported in studies to help insomnia.

  • Bryan Scott
    Sex: M
    Depression: 1
    Emotional: 1
    Compulsion: 0
    Anxiety: 0
    Mania: 0
    Physical: 2
    External Stress: Moderate
    48 M
    Function: High
    Distress: Low
    See profile
  • by Bryan Scott
    Feb 22, 2009
  • EfficacySlight
  • Side-effectsModerate
  • Insomnia
Advice/Tips
I dropped back to my old dosage of 100 mg, no more chest pain, but I dont think this particular med is beneficial, I will talk will my Doc tomorrow/Monday and see if he wants to make any other changes

See all evaluation results for Doxepin

Report created on November 05, 2009.