Pristiq (desvenlafaxine) Treatment Report
Generic Name: Desvenlafaxine
What is Pristiq?
Pristiq is a brand name for the drug desvenlafaxine, a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). It is an extended release formulation believed to treat depression by affecting the levels of serotonin and norepinephrine, two neurotransmitters associated with depression.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Depression | 66 |
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19 |
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 28 |
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9 | |
| Major Depressive Disorder | 14 |
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3 | |||
| Bipolar Disorder | 11 |
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2 | |||
| Anxiety | 10 |
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4 | ||
| Other | 7 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Did not seem to work
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15 | 42% |
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Side effects too severe
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14 | 39% |
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Expense
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6 | 17% |
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Other
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6 | 17% |
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Doctor's advice
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5 | 14% |
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Personal research
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2 | 6% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
See all 38 patient evaluations
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- Armada
- Sex: F
- Depression: 2
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Moderate
- 33 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Moderate
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- Armada
- 50 mg daily
- since Sep 15, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Treat my mood condition(s)
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Do not skip a dose! Withdrawl symptoms start immediately! See full evaluation
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- scs7900
- Sex: F
- Depression: 3
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Overwhelming
- 30 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Moderate
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- scs7900
- 50 mg daily
- since May 28, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Major Depressive Disorder
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Side Effects
Mild
- See full evaluation
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- Babystars
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Moderate
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- Babystars
- 100 mg daily
- since Nov 28, 2008
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Efficacy
None
for Other
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips As soon as you notice depression setting in contact doctor and demand to be taken off and put on something else.Don't wait til it gets bad. See full evaluation
See all 38 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.