Desvenlafaxine Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Pristiq
What is Desvenlafaxine?
Desvenlafaxine is a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). It is an extended release formulation believed to treat depression by affecting the levels of serotonin and norepinephrine, two neurotransmitters associated with 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) | 28 |
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9 | |
| Depression | 24 |
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10 | |
| Major Depressive Disorder | 14 |
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3 | |||
| Bipolar Disorder | 11 |
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2 | |||
| Anxiety | 6 |
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2 | ||||
| Other | 3 | 0 |
See all 79 patients currently taking Desvenlafaxine
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Did not seem to work
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11 | 55% |
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Side effects too severe
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8 | 40% |
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Other
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4 | 20% |
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Doctor's advice
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3 | 15% |
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Personal research
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1 | 5% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
See all 25 patient evaluations
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- Armada
- Sex: F
- Depression: 2
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 0
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Moderate
- 33 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Moderate
- See profile
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- Armada
- 50 mg daily
- since Sep 15, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Treat my mood condition(s)
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Do not skip a dose! Withdrawl symptoms start immediately! See full evaluation
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- scs7900
- Sex: F
- Depression: 3
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 1
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 1
- External Stress: Overwhelming
- 30 F
- Function: Moderate
- Distress: Moderate
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- scs7900
- 50 mg daily
- since May 28, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Major Depressive Disorder
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Side Effects
Mild
- See full evaluation
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- lolliegaginde
- Sex: F
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 1
- Anxiety: 0
- Mania: 1
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: Low
- 25 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
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- lolliegaginde
- 50 mg daily
- since Apr 05, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Depression
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips I take the medication at night, which helps with the sedation issue. See full evaluation
See all 25 patient evaluations
Report created on November 22, 2009.