What is Mirtazapine?
Mirtazapine is a tetracyclic antidepressant that is used to treat depression.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Treat my mood condition(s) | 44 |
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| Insomnia | 26 |
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| Depression | 21 |
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| Other | 14 |
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| Major Depressive Disorder | 9 |
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| Depression and insomnia | 7 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Side effects too severe
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26 | 58% |
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Doctor's advice
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19 | 42% |
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Did not seem to work
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17 | 38% |
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Other
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3 | 7% |
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Course of treatment ended
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2 | 4% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 2% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- mountabora
- Sex: F
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: Moderate
- 25 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Low
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- mountabora
- 15 mg daily
- since Jun 15, 2001
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Efficacy
Slight
for Insomnia
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Side Effects
Moderate
- See full evaluation
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- one_step_closer
- Sex: F
- Depression: 4
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 3
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Low
- 22 F
- Function: Low
- Distress: Moderate
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- one_step_closer
- 30 mg daily
- since Apr 22, 2006
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Efficacy
Slight
for Treat my mood condition(s)
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Side Effects
Moderate
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- Snoogleberry
- Sex: F
- Depression: 3
- Emotional: 3
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Severe
- 43 F
- Function: Low
- Distress: Moderate
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- Snoogleberry
- 15 mg daily
- since Feb 12, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Treat my mood condition(s)
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Be wary if taking this with a sleeping tablet See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.