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What is Lustral?

Lustral is a international brand name for sertraline. It is an Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant used to treat major depression; obsessive-compulsive disorder; panic disorder; post-traumatic stress disorder; premenstrual dysphoric disorder; and social anxiety disorder.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Treat my mood condition(s) 2 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
1 100%
Mild
0 0%
None
0 0%

Most commonly reported side effects

derealization/depersonalization
1 100%
Anger/Irritability between doses
1 100%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  200 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lustral (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 100% Did not seem to work: 100%

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Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Stopped Taking Lustral

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
1 100%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 100%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.