Effexor XR (venlafaxine) Treatment Report
Generic Name: Venlafaxine
What is Effexor XR?
Effexor® XR is a brand name for the extended release preparation of the drug venlaflaxine, a prescription medicine used to treat depression, generalized anxiety disorder (also called "GAD"), and social anxiety disorder in adults.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Depression | 26 |
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4 | |||
| Anxiety | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| Treat Parkinson's | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Insomnia | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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2 | 40% |
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Doctor's advice
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2 | 40% |
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Other
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2 | 40% |
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Expense
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1 | 20% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- stickyfingers
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: none
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
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- stickyfingers
- 150 mg daily
- since Sep 07, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Depression
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips works like a wonder drug for me. See full evaluation
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- Eliza
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: mild
- Legs: moderate
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- Eliza
- 300 mg daily
- since Oct 12, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Depression
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips tHIS IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE i TAKE SO MANY MEDS THAT WHICH CAUSES WHICH SYMPTOM, IS ANYONES GUESS See full evaluation
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Report created on November 23, 2009.