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Taking Venlafaxine
251 Patients currently take Venlafaxine
37 Patients stopped taking Venlafaxine
Zephyr_Marie
Depression: 1
Emotional: 1
Compulsion: 1
Anxiety: 2
Mania: 0
Physical: 1
External Stress: Moderate
25 F
Function: Moderate
Distress: Low
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Zephyr_Marie
Effexor, 150 mg daily since Feb 01, 2007
YbNormL
Depression: 1
Emotional: 0
Compulsion: 0
Anxiety: 1
Mania: 0
Physical: 2
External Stress: Moderate
52 F
Function: High
Distress: Low
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YbNormL
150 mg daily since Jan 01, 2002
leorocks
Depression: 1
Emotional: 1
Compulsion: 1
Anxiety: 2
Mania: 1
Physical: 2
External Stress: Severe
50 M
Function: Moderate
Distress: Low
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leorocks
Effexor XR, daily since Jun 23, 2005

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Brand Names: Effexor, Effexor XR, I called it my MS vacation-3/year, pms-VENLAFAXINE XR, XR

Venlafaxine is a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) used to treat depression. Read more...Click to read more below


What we've learned

Why Patients Take Venlafaxine

slow my disease's progress
slow my disease's progress: 100% 91
Depression
Depression: 92% 84
Other
Other: 49% 45
Anxiety
Anxiety: 14% 13
Emotional lability
Emotional lability: 4% 4
Disease-related symptoms
Disease-related symptoms: 4% 4
Mood swings
Mood swings: 3% 3
Not indicated
Not indicated: 3% 3
Fatigue
Fatigue: 1% 1
Pain
Pain: 1% 1
Panic attack(s)
Panic attack(s): 1% 1
General health
General health: 1% 1

Patient Dosages

37.5 mg daily 37 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 110 mg daily 112.5 mg daily 125 mg daily 150 mg daily 175 mg daily 185.5 mg daily 187 mg daily 187.5 mg daily 200 mg daily 215 mg daily 220 mg daily 225 mg daily 300 mg daily 325 mg daily 337.5 mg daily 375 mg daily 450 mg daily 1000 mg daily N/A
12 Number of Patients: 12 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 73 Number of Patients: 73 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 98 Number of Patients: 98 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 24 Number of Patients: 24 34 Number of Patients: 34 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14  

How Long Current Patients Have Been Taking Venlafaxine

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
3
17
32
22
41
106

Why Patients Stopped Taking Venlafaxine (multiple reasons could be selected)

Side effects too severe
Side effects too severe: 100% 19
Did not seem to work
Did not seem to work: 79% 15
Doctor's advice
Doctor's advice: 37% 7
Expense
Expense: 32% 6
Other
Other: 32% 6
Personal research
Personal research: 16% 3
Not indicated
Not indicated: 11% 2
Course of treatment ended
Course of treatment ended: 5% 1

How Long Patients Took Venlafaxine Before Stopping

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
6
5
3
5
11
9

Average: 1 star 2 star 3 star 4 star Venlafaxine Ratings

4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
4: 73% 11
3 stars3 stars3 stars
3: 100% 15
2 stars2 stars
2: 20% 3
1 star
1: 27% 4


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