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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| Depression | 22 |
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5 | ||
| Other | 2 |
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2 | |||
| Mood swings | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| Pain | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Side effects too severe
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7 | 64% |
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Did not seem to work
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4 | 36% |
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Expense
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2 | 18% |
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Doctor's advice
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2 | 18% |
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Personal research
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1 | 9% |
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Other
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1 | 9% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
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- Babystars
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Moderate
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- Babystars
- 100 mg daily
- since Nov 28, 2008
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Efficacy
None
for Other
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Side Effects
Severe
- Advice/Tips As soon as you notice depression setting in contact doctor and demand to be taken off and put on something else.Don't wait til it gets bad. See full evaluation
See all 6 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.