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Below are Serzone (Nefazodone) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 2 ratings/reviews, Serzone has an overall score of 6.50. The effectiveness score is 7 and the side effect score is 6. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Serzone review by 30 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | |   |
| Effectiveness: | | Marginally Effective |
| Side effects: | | Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | depression |
| Dosage & duration: | | 200 mg taken twice daily for the period of 10 years |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Lessened depression |
| Side effects: | | It made me groggy during the day & made me sleep the sleep of the dead at night (not such a bad side effect). I also had dry mouth & it sometimes caused mild nausea on an empty stomach. |
| Comments: | | I took this med after trying others for depression. It worked pretty well. I decided to taper my dose down when I got pregnant & was off completely when my son was about one month old. Since then, I have kept my depression under control effectively through diet & exercise. |
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| | Serzone review by 56 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | sleep distubance/mild depression |
| Dosage & duration: | | 150 mg. daily taken 1x daily for the period of 3 years |
| Other conditions: | | osteopenia |
| Other drugs taken: | | Fosamax | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | After just three weeks, I felt immensely better and began to enjoy the things that previously I had enjoyed--liked gardening and playing tennis. I also slept soundly. It lifted my mood dramatically, but never made me manic. I also felt more like being with people and noticed that I was no longer so preoccupied with myself or awkwardly self-consciousness. In short, I wasn't depressed and anxious anymore! |
| Side effects: | | I gained about 5 lbs, which was not a problem for me since I'm slender to begin with. There was also some mild constipation, well not really constipation, but a decrease in the number of daily bowel movements. To offset that, I just drank more water. Not a big deal. |
| Comments: | | I used this drug after trying Wellbutrin, which made me too restless and hyper. It was proscribed by a psychiatrist, who was very well versed in pharmacology, for a depression that came about during menopause. I took it regularly for three years; it completely stopped negative thinking and enabled me to sleep deeply for the first time in several years. I had regular liver check-ups, but never had any decrease in correct liver functioning. After three years, I felt I was ready to cut back on the medication, which I did very, very gradually over the next year and a half so that there was no withdrawal period at all. I've been fine without it now for two years. |
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