EFFEXOR XR Reviews (VENLAFAXINE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 3.0 (2225 Ratings)

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EFFEXOR XR  (VENLAFAXINE HYDROCHLORIDE):  Venlafaxine is used to treat depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and social anxiety disorder (social phobia). It may improve your mood and energy level and may help restore your interest in daily living. It may also decrease fear, anxiety, unwanted thoughts, and the number of panic attacks. Venlafaxine is known as a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances (serotonin and norepinephrine) in the brain.   FDA Approval Date: 1997-10-20 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR EFFEXOR XRCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
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DATE ADDED
 
 4  depression/anxiety at first shakiness and sleepiness 34 1 months
11/23/2002
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11/13/2002
 3  Severe Depression Sex Drive VERY low! Has helped keep me in a constant state of mind. F 18 1.5 years
11/13/2002
 3  Clinical Depression My sex drive has suffered. i'm tired. Has helped keep me in a constant state of mind, accept when i'm around my period and my mood sometimes goes down a bit. F 18 1.5 years
11/13/2002
 3  anxiety M 30 6 months
11/4/2002
 4  
10/18/2002
 4  depression increase in frequency of urination and occasonal urgency incontinence F 54 11 months
9/26/2002
 3  depressed No side effects in the begining. I didnt suffer any side effects until my doctor took me off and swiched me to Paxil. The withdrawls were real bad. Everything that should have been a side effect was what I was experiencing as a withdrawl. I had been taking it for 3 yrs before changing to something else and I can really feel the differnce. I feel so much better. F 23 3 years
9/12/2002
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 3  depressed No side effects in the begining. I didnt suffer any side effects until my doctor took me off and swiched me to Paxil. The withdrawls were real bad. Everything that should have been a side effect was what I was experiencing as a withdrawl. I had been taking it for 3 yrs before changing to something else and I can really feel the differnce. I feel so much better. The worse thing about this med is how addicting it is. F 23 3 years
9/12/2002
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 5  depression Drowsiness with Wellbutrin and Effexor. M 54 2 years
8/16/2002
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 4  Chronic dysthymia Horrible constipation (almost total blockage if daily Metamucil and a lot of stool softener pills aren't taken every single day). Abolished my desire for sex - totally nonexistent libido. Did a terrific job of relieving depression, put me on a more even keel, able to better handle stresses of life. But the side effect of such severe constipation would prevent me from considering using in the future. I recently stopped taking it (too abruptly I've found out, with stomach-flu symptoms, vomiting up any and all food or water, feeling hot then cold, with restless legs and intense weird dreams at night, and those 'trails' others have mentioned when moving your head or your eyes), but on a more positive note, I happily discovered my libido is back! All this time I thought it was just me, perhaps a 'phase' I was going through, not knowing how else to explain my total lack of desire for sex. Needless to say, my husband is delighted and will complain loudly if I ever mention wanting to go back on Effexor again! Want to give Wellbutrin a try (patient comments indicate it's a sex drive booster rather than a detractor!) F 53 20 months
8/15/2002
 4  Depression and anxiety disorder extreme sweating, not much emotion. This drug helped me a lot when I first starting taking it. It has been four years. My dosage is 150 mg, but now it doesn't seem to be working anymore. I don't want to take a higher dose and have tried other medications in the market. With the help of my Dr. I want to get off this medication. I tried it before, but it will have to be done very slowly because of the bad experience I had with withdrowal symptoms. I honestly think that all psychiatric medications are overused. I have been taking meds for the last 17 years. After a while the stop working and they give you something else to get addicted to. F 39 4 years
7/30/2002
 3  Anxiety & associated depression The worst when taking was extreme tiredness, and somewhat bugged by weight gain I am now withdrawing with directions form doctor, but I am having this nagging lite headedness, or trails when I move my head. It has been two weeks with no med, after 2 weeks of weaning off med at lowering doses. Has nayone else expoerinced this? Did it disappear? how long did it take to disappear? M 45 6 months
7/20/2002
 4  DEPRESSION No emotion at all. Not happy or sad. M 48 16 months
7/11/2002
 3  depression sleeplessness, nervous, loss of interest in sex F 41 25 days
6/12/2002
 5  ADD No side effects. Takes the lowest dosage available. 3.7?? This medication keeps my daughter calm in the evenings. She has ADD and takes med's in the morning but they wear off by the evening and if she has to do anything, she is miserable. This works great for her. F 11 1 years
5/29/2002
 4  depression nauseous for a day or so. Insomnia for a couple of days. M 30 days
5/28/2002
 1  PTSD with severe Depression I had very bad nausea, had severe menstrual problems, constipation which then turned to diarrohea and back to constipation, severe dizziness resulting in losing consciousness, increased frequency in urinating, dry mouth, pins and needles down my arms, problems with moving around, severe abdominal pains, bad bruising and a recurrance of a neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Due to bad prescibing on the part of a previous Psychiatrist, I nearly died from Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS). With the new Psychiatrist who prescribed EFFEXOR XR, I was told that I'd never had NMS and couldn't get NMS from EFFOXOR XR. I took EFFOXOR XR and after 9 weeks ended up in the ER, unconscious and fighting for my life due to a severe recurrance of NMS, brought on according to the Doctor who treated me by EFFEXOR XR. F 35 9 weeks
5/22/2002
 2  Depression Anxiety/insomnia/unable to sit still Effexor helped my depression slightly, but I was unable to sleep and could never sit still. 17 1 years
5/21/2002
 4  DEPRESSION SWEATING,OCCASTIONAL DIZZY SPELLS M 40 6 months
5/2/2002

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