Effexor (venlafaxine) Treatment Report
Generic Name: Venlafaxine
What is Effexor?
EFFEXOR is a brand name of the drug venlaflaxine, a prescription medicine used to treat depression, generalized anxiety disorder (also called "GAD"), and social anxiety disorder in adults.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Depression | 10 |
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3 | |||
| Depression with anxiety | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Doctor's advice
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2 | 67% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 33% |
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Expense
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1 | 33% |
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Other
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1 | 33% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- jbphotonut
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
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- jbphotonut
- 75 mg daily
- since Oct 03, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Depression
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips START THE DRUG SLOWLY! Get all of the facts before you decide to take this or any antidepressant. See full evaluation
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Report created on November 22, 2009.