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Trazodone Treatment Report

Brand Names: Desyrel, Apo-Trazodone

What is Trazodone? Trazodone is a modified cyclic antidepressant used to treat depression. It may also be used for relief of an anxiety disorder (e.g., sleeplessness, tension), or chronic pain.

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Reasons taken

176 patients in the community are taking or have taken Trazodone.

Top 10 (Show all)

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Insomnia 40 22%
Other 37 21%
Difficulty sleeping through night 27 15%
Depression 20 11%
Anxiety 10 5%
Pain 9 5%
disease-related symptoms 4 2%
Fatigue 4 2%
General health 2 1%
Unable to sleep 1 <1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Trazodone.

Top 10 (Show all)

All (Show top 10)

  100mg as needed 50 mg as needed 50mg as needed daily 1 mg daily 2 mg daily 4 mg daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 225 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 41 Number of Patients: 41 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 39 Number of Patients: 39 19 Number of Patients: 19 15 Number of Patients: 15 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Trazodone or how long patients were taking Trazodone before stopping.

Currently Taking Trazodone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
2
6
9
17
35

Stopped Taking Trazodone

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
6
8
2
3
4
3
Why Patients Stopped Taking Trazodone (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 11 39% Did not seem to work: 39%
Side effects too severe 7 25% Side effects too severe: 25%
Other 7 25% Other: 25%
Doctor's advice 6 21% Doctor's advice: 21%
Personal research 1 4% Personal research: 4%
Not indicated 1 4% Not indicated: 4%
Course of treatment ended 1 4% Course of treatment ended: 4%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 18 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate 100% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 6% 1
Moderate 17% 3
Mild 28% 5
None 50% 9

Top reported side-effects include: Difficulty waking up, Hangover effect, Dry mouth and dry tongue

Summary results are based on 18 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 18)

  • jmscout
    Sex: F
    Sensation: None
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: none
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • jmscout
  • by jmscout
    Sep 16, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Anxiety

  • katbro
    Sex: F
    Flare-up: Moderate
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: moderate
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
    See profile
  • katbro
  • by katbro
    Dec 30, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsModerate
  • Anxiety

See all evaluation results for Trazodone

Report created on November 08, 2009.