Filter by: patients
Home > Community Treatment Reports and Side Effects > Trazodone Treatment Report
What is Trazodone?

Trazodone is a modified cyclic antidepressant used to treat depression. It may also be used for relief of an anxiety disorder (e.g., sleeplessness, tension), or chronic pain.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Insomnia 612 170 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Sleep problems 406 99 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Difficulty falling asleep 169 42 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Depressed mood 112 23 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 106 27 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Difficulty sleeping through night 88 20 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none

See all 1428 patients currently taking Trazodone

Mouse over the table for more information

Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 45
Moderate
 75
Mild
 109
None
 159

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Trazodone

Dry mouth (xerostomia) 47
Difficulty waking up 40
Hangover effect 38
Drowsiness 31
Memory lapses (brain blinks) 18
Headaches 17
See all 111 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Trazodone. See all 67 dosages ►

  100mg as needed 50mg as needed 1 mg daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily
  20 Number of Patients: 20 54 Number of Patients: 54 44 Number of Patients: 44 50 Number of Patients: 50 409 Number of Patients: 409 38 Number of Patients: 38 347 Number of Patients: 347 170 Number of Patients: 170 119 Number of Patients: 119 56 Number of Patients: 56  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Trazodone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 127   Side effects too severe: 36%
Did not seem to work 116   Did not seem to work: 33%
Doctor's advice 84   Doctor's advice: 24%
Other 72   Other: 20%
Course of treatment ended 22   Course of treatment ended: 6%
Expense 10   Expense: 3%
Personal research 10   Personal research: 3%
Not indicated 7   Not indicated: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 4   Change in health plan coverage: 1%

See all 342 patients who’ve stopped taking Trazodone

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Trazodone

A bar graph

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

Stopped Taking Trazodone

A bar graph

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Trazodone

Always
 271 70%
Usually
 80 21%
Sometimes
 27 7%
Never
 10 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Trazodone

Very
 25 6%
Somewhat
 26 7%
A little
 50 13%
Not at all
 287 74%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Trazodone

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 5 2%
$25-49
 16 6%
< $25
 231 92%

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

Report created on May 25, 2012.