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Taking Mirtazapine
60 Patients currently take Mirtazapine
23 Patients stopped taking Mirtazapine
Snoogleberry Depression: 2 Emotional: 1 Compulsion: 1 Anxiety: 1 Mania: 2 Physical: 2 External Stress: Low 41 F Function: High Distress: Low See profile Snoogleberry Zispin, 30mg daily since Jul 17, 2008
LITTLE C Sensation: moderate Overall: mild Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: mild Swallowing: none Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile LITTLE C 15mg daily since Sep 11, 2007
DaveyB Mouth/throat: none Arms: moderate Chest: none Legs: moderate See profile DaveyB 15mg daily since Apr 30, 2008

What is Mirtazapine? Mirtazapine is an antidepressant used for the treatment of mild to severe depression, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Mirtazapine causes fewer sexual dsyfunction problems than SSRIs. Read more...

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Jump to:: Reasons Taken; Dosages; Duration; Patient Evaluations

Reasons Taken

83 patients in the community are taking or have taken Mirtazapine.

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Treat my mood condition(s)	26	33%
Other	23	29%
Depression	13	16%
Insomnia	7	8%
Anxiety	3	3%
General health	3	3%
Treat Parkinson's	2	2%
disease-related symptoms	1	1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Mirtazapine.

0 mg day	3.25 mg day	5 mg day	7.5 mg day	15 mg day	30 mg day	45 mg day	60 mg day	90 mg day	200 mg day
2	1	1	6	20	15	6	4	1	1

Duration

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

Currently taking Mirtazapine

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
3	7	8	8	4	17

Stopped taking Mirtazapine

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
5	3	4	2	4	5

Why Patients Stopped Taking Mirtazapine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe	12	52%
Doctor's advice	8	35%
Did not seem to work	6	26%
Course of treatment ended	3	13%
Other	2	9%
Personal research	1	4%
Not indicated	1	4%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Moderate	67%	2
None	33%	1

Treat my mood condition(s)

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	0%	0
Moderate	33%	1
Mild	67%	2
None	0%	0

Top reported side-effects include: Difficulty waking up, Restless legs when trying to sleep, increased appetite

Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 3)

mountabora

Depression: 0

Emotional: 1

Compulsion: 0

Anxiety: 0

Mania: 0

Physical: 0

External Stress: Severe

24 F

Function: High

Distress: Low

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by mountabora
Jun 15, 2001