Venlafaxine Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Effexor XR, Effexor, Venlafaxine XR (Show all)
Generic Name: Venlafaxine
What is Venlafaxine?
Venlafaxine is an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SSNRIs). It affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause depression. It is used to treat major depressive disorder, anxiety, and panic disorder.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Depression | 55 |
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| Fibromyalgia | 35 |
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| Anxiety | 12 |
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3 | ||
| Nerve pain (neuropathic pain) | 6 |
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1 | ||||
| Other | 5 |
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| psychotic symptoms mostly, anxiety depression a whole tons of fear | 5 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Venlafaxine. See all 11 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Side effects too severe
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8 | 33% |
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Did not seem to work
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6 | 25% |
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Doctor's advice
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6 | 25% |
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Other
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4 | 17% |
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Expense
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2 | 8% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- sumbutterfly
- Pain: All
- Fatigue: Most
- Sleep: All
- Stiffness: All
- function: Most
- external_stress: Little
- Stickman: all
- Description:
- FM:3y Dx
- See profile
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- sumbutterfly
- 150 mg daily
- since Mar 01, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Depression
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips The best thing ever for depression, confusion, memory loss! This is equally as important as Lyrica! See full evaluation
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- bluejens35
- Sex: F
- Pain: Most
- Fatigue: Some
- Sleep: All
- Stiffness: All
- function: Some
- external_stress: Most
- Stickman: most
- Description:F35y
- FM:6y Dx
- See profile
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- bluejens35
- 100 mg daily
- since Apr 21, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Depression
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Has workked for me so far See full evaluation
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- anghall72
- Sex: F
- Pain: Some
- Fatigue: Most
- Sleep: Most
- Stiffness: All
- function: Little
- external_stress: Most
- Stickman: most
- Description:F37y
- FM:1y Dx
- See profile
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- anghall72
- 225 mg daily
- since Apr 01, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Depression
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips This medicine overall has been a wonderful treatment for my depression. Word of advice...do not run out!!! I ran out last week, and had uncontrollable cryi... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.