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Taking Sertraline
325 Patients currently take Sertraline
63 Patients stopped taking Sertraline
Peanut Butter
Sensation: moderate
Overall: severe
Cognition: severe
Vision: moderate
Speech: severe
Swallowing: moderate
Upper limb: severe
Walking: moderate
Peanut Butter
Zoloft, 100 mg daily since Dec 16, 2007
Chelena
Depression: 2
Emotional: 2
Compulsion: 2
Anxiety: 2
Mania: 1
Physical: 2
External Stress: Severe
53 F
Function: Moderate
Distress: Moderate
Chelena
125 mg daily since Sep 15, 2006
Rog
Mouth/throat: none
Arms: moderate
Chest: none
Legs: none
Rog
Zoloft, 100 mg daily since Oct 10, 2005

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Brand Names: Eleva, Lustral, Sertraline, Zoloft

What is Sertraline? Sertraline is an SSRI-type antidepressant drug, used in the treatment of low mood and emotional lability. Brand names include Atenix, Zoloft, Sertralin, Lustral, Apo-Sertral, Asentra, Gladem, Serlift, Stimuloton, Xydep, Serlain, and Concorz. Read more...Click to read more below


What we've learned

Why Patients Take Sertraline

Depression
Depression: 100% 108
slow my disease's progress
slow my disease's progress: 97% 105
Other
Other: 46% 50
Anxiety
Anxiety: 19% 20
Emotional lability
Emotional lability: 11% 12
Not indicated
Not indicated: 10% 11
General health
General health: 9% 10
Mood swings
Mood swings: 3% 3
Disease-related symptoms
Disease-related symptoms: 3% 3
Fatigue
Fatigue: 2% 2
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence)
Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence): 1% 1
Insomnia
Insomnia: 1% 1
Memory problems
Memory problems: 1% 1
Problems concentrating
Problems concentrating: 1% 1
Don't know
Don't know: 1% 1

Patient Dosages

2 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 66 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 125 mg daily 150 mg daily 175 mg daily 200 mg daily 250 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily N/A
1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 17 Number of Patients: 17 106 Number of Patients: 106 1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 118 Number of Patients: 118 3 Number of Patients: 3 48 Number of Patients: 48 2 Number of Patients: 2 42 Number of Patients: 42 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 23 Number of Patients: 23  

How Long Current Patients Have Been Taking Sertraline

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
8
17
44
35
45
131

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

Side effects too severe
Side effects too severe: 100% 26
Did not seem to work
Did not seem to work: 96% 25
Doctor's advice
Doctor's advice: 65% 17
Other
Other: 65% 17
Course of treatment ended
Course of treatment ended: 19% 5
Expense
Expense: 12% 3
Personal research
Personal research: 12% 3
Not indicated
Not indicated: 12% 3

How Long Patients Took Sertraline Before Stopping

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
12
10
10
11
6
19

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

4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
4: 62% 13
3 stars3 stars3 stars
3: 100% 21
2 stars2 stars
2: 43% 9
1 star
1: 38% 8


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