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What is Antidepressants?

An antidepressant is a psychiatric medication used to alleviate mood disorders, such as major depression and dysthymia. Drugs including the monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), tetracyclic antidepressants (TeCAs), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs)

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Depressed mood 9 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 6 1 Efficacy_slight
Anxious mood 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Depression with anxiety 1 0
Depression with suicidal thoughts 1 0
Fatigue 1 0

See all 20 patients currently taking Antidepressants

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 2
None
 2

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

Numbness and Tingling with Pins and Needles 1
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 1
distorted and negative thoughts stemming from a simple comment someone makes 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Antidepressants. See all 17 dosages ►

  2 mg daily 20 mg daily 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 75 mg daily 80 mg daily 90 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Antidepressants (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 100%
Expense 1   Expense: 50%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 50%
Other 1   Other: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Antidepressants

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

Currently Taking Antidepressants

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

Stopped Taking Antidepressants

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Antidepressants

Always
 4 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Antidepressants

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 25%
Not at all
 3 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Antidepressants

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

Report created on May 27, 2012.