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Alti-Trazodone; Apo-Trazodone D®; Apo-Trazodone®; Desyrel®; Gen-Trazodone; Novo-Trazodone; Nu-Trazodone; PMS-Trazodone; ratio-Trazodone; Trazorel®
Antidepressant, Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor/Antagonist
The desire to harm yourself is a serious symptom of depression. It may last until your depression is completely treated. If you are planning on harming yourself, call the emergency room right away.
Please read the medication guide given to you.
¢ If you have an allergy to trazodone or any other part of this medicine.
¢ Tell healthcare provider if you are allergic to any medicine. Make sure to tell about the allergy and how it affected you. This includes telling about rash; hives; itching; shortness of breath; wheezing; cough; swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat; or any other symptoms involved.
¢ This medicine is used to treat anxiety.
¢ This medicine is used to treat depression.
¢ This medicine is used to treat sleep disorders.
¢ This medicine is used to relieve chronic pain conditions.
¢ Trazodone increases chemicals in the brain.
¢ It calms the brain.
¢ In depression, sleep and appetite may improve quickly. Other depressive symptoms may take up to 4-6 weeks to improve.
¢ Take this medicine at bedtime if it causes sleepiness.
¢ Take this medicine with food.
¢ Take a missed dose as soon as possible.
¢ If it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and return to your regular schedule.
¢ Do not take a double dose or extra doses.
¢ Do not change dose or stop medicine. Talk with healthcare provider.
¢ If you are 65 or older, use this medicine with caution. You could have more side effects.
¢ If you have been taking this medicine for several weeks, talk with healthcare provider before stopping. You may want to gradually withdraw this medicine.
¢ If you have heart disease, talk with healthcare provider.
¢ If you have seizures, talk with healthcare provider.
¢ Check medicines with healthcare provider. This medicine may not mix well with other medicines.
¢ You may not be alert. Avoid driving, doing other tasks or activities until you see how this medicine affects you.
¢ Avoid alcohol (includes wine, beer, and liquor) or other medicines and natural products that slow your actions and reactions. These include sedatives, tranquilizers, mood stabilizers, antihistamines, and other pain medicine.
¢ Tell healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant.
¢ Tell healthcare provider if you are breast-feeding.
¢ Feeling lightheaded, sleepy, having blurred vision, or a change in thinking clearly. Avoid driving, doing other tasks or activities that require you to be alert or have clear vision until you see how this medicine affects you.
¢ Feeling dizzy. Rise slowly over several minutes from sitting or lying position. Be careful climbing.
¢ Constipation. More liquids, regular exercise, or a fiber-containing diet may help. Talk with healthcare provider about a stool softener or laxative.
¢ Dry mouth. Frequent mouth care, sucking hard, sugar-free candy, or chewing sugar-free gum may help.
¢ Headache.
¢ Change in condition being treated. Is it better, worse, or about the same?
¢ Dry mouth may cause an increase in cavities. Take good care of your teeth. See a dentist regularly.
¢ Follow up with healthcare provider.
¢ If you suspect an overdose, call your local poison control center or emergency department immediately.
¢ Signs of a life-threatening reaction. These include wheezing; chest tightness; fever; itching; bad cough; blue skin color; fits; or swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat.
¢ If you are planning to harm yourself or the desire to harm yourself increases.
¢ Severe dizziness or passing out.
¢ Penile erection that lasts longer than 4 hours.
¢ Significant change in thinking clearly and logically.
¢ Unable to pass urine.
¢ Feeling extremely tired or weak.
¢ Any rash.
¢ No improvement in condition or feeling worse.
¢ Store at room temperature.
¢ Protect from light.
¢ Protect from moisture. Do not store in a bathroom or kitchen.
¢ If you have a life-threatening allergy, wear allergy identification at all times.
¢ Do not share your medicine with others and do not take anyone else's medicine.
¢ Keep all medicine out of the reach of children and pets.
¢ Keep a list of all your medicines (prescription, natural products, supplements, vitamins, over-the-counter) with you. Give this list to healthcare provider (doctor, nurse, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, physician assistant).
¢ Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
¢ Talk with healthcare provider before starting any new medicine, including over-the-counter, natural products, or vitamins.
Created: 2006-10-13 16:08:21.0
Modified: 2008-01-25 13:08:50.0
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