Sertraline Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Zoloft, Apo-Sertraline, Lustral (Show all)
Generic Name: Sertraline
What is Sertraline?
Sertraline, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant, is used in the treatment of major depression; obsessive-compulsive disorder; panic disorder; post-traumatic stress disorder; premenstrual dysphoric disorder; and social anxiety disorder.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Depression | 175 |
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| Anxiety | 44 |
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| Other | 19 |
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5 | ||
| Emotional lability | 13 |
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2 | |||
| Mood swings | 11 |
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| Fatigue | 10 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Sertraline. See all 14 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Doctor's advice
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13 | 28% |
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Did not seem to work
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13 | 28% |
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Other
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13 | 28% |
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Side effects too severe
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8 | 17% |
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Course of treatment ended
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6 | 13% |
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Personal research
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3 | 7% |
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Expense
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2 | 4% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- kitty_b76
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Moderate
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: severe
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: severe
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- kitty_b76
- 20 mg daily
- since Nov 06, 2007
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Depression
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- HopeLives
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Moderate
- Sensation: None
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: none
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- HopeLives
- 25 mg daily
- since Sep 18, 2008
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Efficacy
None
for Anxiety
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips Don't take it if at all possible. See full evaluation
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- beautytransforming
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: None
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: none
- See profile
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- beautytransforming
- 100 mg daily
- since Sep 22, 2008
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Efficacy
Slight
for Depression
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips The longer I am on this medication, it seems that more of my sex drive is coming back. When I was on this before the same thing happened. I am wondering how ... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.