42 patient evaluations for Mirtazapine

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Mar 12, 2009 (Started Dec 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for anxious mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 12, 2008 (Started Sep 09, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Depression with Insomnia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (weight gain, drowsiness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Also one of the worst medicine possible!! Massive weight gain. 30kg in 3 months! Just couldn't stop eating. Always hungry. It helped me fall asleep but I awakened quite quickly cus of the huge hunger that wouldn't go away how much I ate. The doctors didnt listen to me cus they thought that as long as I slept a little bit and didn't want to kill myself, beeing fat and terribly hungry was OK. Bullshit.
Side effects: increased appetite, drowsiness, weight gain
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 20, 2009 (Started Aug 20, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for insomnia)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (weight gain, sexual impotence)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: sexual impotence, weight gain
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 20, 2009 (Started Oct 27, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Parkinson's disease)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 45 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Took mirtazipine to help with sleep and mood. My neiro and I decided did not need anymore
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 5, 2009 (Started Feb 20, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (vivid dreams, difficulty waking up)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This is a good treatment for insomnia, but the vivid dreams can be a problem. Always take it before bed time. Never take it before doing something like driving.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: difficulty waking up, vivid dreams

Sep 12, 2008 (Started Feb 20, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (vivid dreams, difficulty waking up)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: If you suffer from insomnia, low doses of this med could help.
Side effects: difficulty waking up, vivid dreams
  • 0 helpful marks

May 31, 2009 (Started Jul 14, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for depressed mood)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 45 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This medication helps me sleep the best when combined with klonopin, and I can always tell the next day, by my mood, if I haven't taken it.
  • 0 helpful marks

May 14, 2009 (Started Apr 13, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 24, 2009 (Started Mar 05, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Other)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (increased appetite, grogginess)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 7.5 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: increased appetite, grogginess
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 25, 2009 (Started )

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Other)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: Thus far most efficacious for tremor
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 12, 2009 (Started Jul 17, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (legs don't work, problems with coordination)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 15 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Be wary if taking this with a sleeping tablet
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: problems with coordination, legs don't work

Oct 22, 2008 (Started Jul 17, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (legs don't work)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 30 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Be very careful taking this treatment
Side effects: problems with coordination, legs don't work
  • 0 helpful marks
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