Posted by Amelia_in_StPaul on June 16, 2009, at 12:52:32
In reply to trazodone. Why isn't it more popular nowadays?, posted by sdb on June 16, 2009, at 11:39:03
It is way too sedating at therapeutic levels. I think that is why it is used (at lower levels) only for sleeping. I take 25 mg at night, and that does give me a hangover in the morning. Still, I don't sleep without it.
> trazodone lacks to some extent cardiotoxical effects (mainly compared with TCAs), has less anticholinergic side effects, causes less weight gain, gives no sexual side effects. Why is trazodone's reputation in psychiatry still more the one of a sleep med instead of an anti- depressant/anxiety med? Is the reason lack of efficacy or are there some other side effects not commonly mentioned?
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> regards
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> sdb
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