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What is Doxepin?

Doxepin is a tricyclic antidepressant used to treat depression. Off label it is used as an analgesic for certain chronic and neuropathic pain and for anxiety.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Sleep problems 43 20 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Insomnia 29 15 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Depressed mood 14 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Fibromyalgia 14 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 10 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Pain 9 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none

See all 104 patients currently taking Doxepin

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Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Doxepin. See all 18 dosages ►

  10mg as needed 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 30 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 125 mg daily 150 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 26 Number of Patients: 26 4 Number of Patients: 4 14 Number of Patients: 14 3 Number of Patients: 3 21 Number of Patients: 21 8 Number of Patients: 8 14 Number of Patients: 14 2 Number of Patients: 2 6 Number of Patients: 6  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Doxepin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 17   Did not seem to work: 45%
Side effects too severe 12   Side effects too severe: 32%
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 16%
Other 5   Other: 13%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 11%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 3%

See all 38 patients who’ve stopped taking Doxepin

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

Currently Taking Doxepin

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

Stopped Taking Doxepin

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Doxepin

Always
 35 88%
Usually
 5 13%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Doxepin

Very
 3 8%
Somewhat
 4 10%
A little
 7 18%
Not at all
 26 65%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Doxepin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 3 9%
< $25
 29 91%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.