Venlafaxine Good or Bad?

Answer 1

venlafaxine should not be used in combination with MAO inhibitors or within two weeks of terminating treatment with MAO inhibitor's. Treatment with MAO inhibitors should not be started until two weeks after discontinuation of venlafaxine therapy. Probability of Sustained Elevation in SDBP (Pool of Premarketing Studies with venlafaxine)
Treatment Group Incidence of Sustained
Elevation in SDBP

Venlafaxine
<100 mg/day 3%
101-200 mg/day 5%
201-300 mg/day 7%
>300 mg/day 13%
Placebo 2%


An analysis of the blood pressure increases in patients with sustained hypertension and in the 19 patients who were discontinued from treatment because of hypertension (<1% of total venlafaxine-treated group) showed that most of the blood pressure increases were in the range of 10 to 15 mm Hg, SDBP. Since in individual patients sustained increases of this magnitude could have adverse consequences, it is recommended that patients receiving venlafaxine have their blood pressure monitored regularly. For patients who experience a sustained increase in blood pressure during treatment with venlafaxine, either a dose reduction or discontinuation of venlafaxine should be considered.
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
medlineplus/druginfo/
medmaster/a694020.html

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matador 89

Answer 2

Not the best in my experience. I mean, it did it's job but with side effects - spent the first three days feeling like my bladder was about to burst, and I couldn't miss even one tablet without feeling hideously dizzy. It took months and months of very gradual weaning to get off them. I'm aware this isn't much comparing with some of the horror stories you read about anti-depressant side effects, but I had much more luck with Citalopram - not a side effect in sight. And no less than four more of my friends had similar good experiences with Citalopram!

Chalice

Answer 3

Effexor right? Pretty effective anti-depressant when I took it.

Bit of a nightmare to come off though. I felt really ill for about 3 weeks when I stopped taking it. Make sure you come off it really slowly and don't just suddenly stop (as I did, bad mistake!)

Answer 4

Bad

Answer 5

An effective drug, but very difficult to withdraw from. One of the big problems is it does not come in low enough doses and has no liquid preparation.

Answer 6

need more info, good or bad in what sense , as with all meds you need to weigh up the benefit vs the risk

Answer 7

Have a look below.

http://www.healthline.com/search?q1=venlafaxine

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