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Mirtazapine Treatment Report

Brand Names: Remeron, Zispin, Rexer

What is Mirtazapine? Mirtazapine is a tetracyclic antidepressant that is used to treat depression.

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons taken

233 patients in the community are taking or have taken Mirtazapine.

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Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Depression 62 26%
Treat my mood condition(s) 40 17%
Other 28 12%
Insomnia 27 11%
Major Depressive Disorder 9 3%
Anxiety 6 2%
Sleeplessness 6 2%
Depression and insomnia 4 1%
General health 3 1%
Sleep problems 3 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Mirtazapine.

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All (Show top 10)

  30mg as needed 7.5mg as needed daily 3.25 mg daily 7.5 mg daily 15 mg daily 30 mg daily 35 mg daily 37.5 mg daily 45 mg daily 60 mg daily 90 mg daily 135 mg daily 200 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 65 Number of Patients: 65 51 Number of Patients: 51 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 29 Number of Patients: 29 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

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

Currently Taking Mirtazapine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
5
7
10
25
19
29

Stopped Taking Mirtazapine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
13
15
11
7
9
11
Why Patients Stopped Taking Mirtazapine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 35 52% Side effects too severe: 52%
Doctor's advice 25 37% Doctor's advice: 37%
Did not seem to work 23 34% Did not seem to work: 34%
Other 5 7% Other: 7%
Course of treatment ended 4 6% Course of treatment ended: 6%
Not indicated 2 3% Not indicated: 3%
Personal research 1 1% Personal research: 1%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 46 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 42% 5
Moderate 8% 1
Slight 33% 4
None 8% 1
Can't tell 8% 1

Treat my mood condition(s)

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 13% 6
Moderate 33% 15
Mild 33% 15
None 22% 10

Top reported side-effects include: increased appetite, Weight gain, Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)

Summary results are based on 46 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 46)

  • mountabora
    Sex: F
    Depression: 0
    Emotional: 0
    Compulsion: 0
    Anxiety: 1
    Mania: 0
    Physical: 1
    External Stress: Moderate
    25 F
    Function: High
    Distress: Low
    See profile
  • mountabora
  • by mountabora
    Jun 15, 2001
  • EfficacySlight
  • Side-effectsModerate
  • Insomnia

  • ShannonandJohn
    Sex: M
    Mental Symptoms: moderate
    Physical Symptoms: mild
    Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: mild
    441
    VL 30
    See profile
  • ShannonandJohn
  • by ShannonandJohn
    Nov 16, 2008
  • EfficacySlight
  • Side-effectsModerate
  • Depression

See all evaluation results for Mirtazapine

Report created on November 08, 2009.