87 patient evaluations for Trazodone

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Dec 19, 2014 (Started May 10, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for insomnia)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for difficulty falling asleep)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for sleep problems)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Does not leave you with a hangover like some other sleeping aides do
  • 0 helpful marks

Nov 1, 2014 (Started Jan 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for sleep problems)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (dry mouth)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 30, 2012 (Started Jul 18, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for insomnia)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (dry mouth, difficulty waking up, drowsiness, not sure, hangover effect)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: dry mouth, difficulty waking up, drowsiness, not sure, hangover effect

Dec 16, 2008 (Started Jul 18, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for insomnia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (dry mouth, difficulty waking up, drowsiness, not sure, hangover effect)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: seek a different treatment
Side effects: dry mouth, difficulty waking up, drowsiness, not sure, hangover effect
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 15, 2013 (Started Jan 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for insomnia)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for sleep problems)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for difficulty falling asleep)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for difficulty staying asleep)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (wakefulness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily

Jun 30, 2012 (Started Jan 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence))
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for sleep problems)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for insomnia)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for difficulty falling asleep)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for difficulty staying asleep)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (wakefulness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Can't sleep AT ALL without it ... have been up 40 hours when I've run out.

Jun 25, 2012 (Started Jan 01, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for sleep problems)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for insomnia)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for difficulty falling asleep)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for difficulty staying asleep)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (wakefulness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Dosages may have to increase over the years. I started with 100mg sometime in the last few years, then to 200mg, and most recently to be the 200mg and 1 more if I need it. Many people can't handle 100mg. Some claim to feel "hung over" or "out-of-it" in the a.m.
  • 1 helpful mark

Jan 12, 2014 (Started Jan 01, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for insomnia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (dry mouth)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 50 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 6, 2013 (Started Jul 09, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for insomnia)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (dizziness and feeling faint)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 50 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 30, 2012 (Started Aug 31, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for difficulty falling asleep)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Oct 15, 2012 (Started Oct 02, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for insomnia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 50 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Very safe and no side affects. The only reason (I stopped is because I did not need it anymore. I moved to Oregon and got my medical marijuana card and that allowed me to get off two meds...this being one of them. The other was an antidepressant, Citilopram.
  • 0 helpful marks

May 3, 2013 (Started Mar 11, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for sleep problems)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (anxious mood)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 15, 2013 (Started Sep 24, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for restless legs syndrome)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for mood swings)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for generalized anxiety disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for difficulty falling asleep)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for sleep problems)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for insomnia)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 25 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks
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