Extended release: -Initial dose: 75 mg orally once a day -Maintenance dose: 75 to 225 mg orally once a day -Maximum dose: ---Moderately depressed outpatients: 225 mg/day ---Severely depressed inpatients: 375 mg/day Comments: -The daily dosage of immediate-release formulations may be divide...
37.5 mg extended-release capsule: grey cap and peach body with “W” and “Effexor XR” on the cap and “37.5” on the body 75 mg extended-release capsule: peach cap and body with “W” and “Effexor XR” on the cap and “75” on the body 150 mg extended-release capsule: dark ...
Description This medication is a serotonin/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor available as an extended-release capsule ( Effexor XR ®) or as a tablet ( Effexor ®). The recommended starting dose for the extended release form is 75 mg a day taken once a day. Maximum suggested dose of the ...
EFFEXOR XR (venlafaxine extended-release) capsules are a prescription medicine used to treat adults with a certain type of depression called Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD), or Panic Disorder (PD). ...
treatment-resistant depression, and extended-release venlafaxine for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).METHODS: Relevant clinical literature from 1993 through 2003 was identified from database searches of MEDLINE and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, and from manual searches of reference lists of the ...
Effexor XR (venlafaxine HCl) Extended-Release Capsules, the only antidepressant indicated to treat generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), is also the first and only medication to demonstrate long-term efficacy and safety in this condition, according to new data published in the Journal of the American...
CONTEXT: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a chronic disorder that is associated with debilitating psychic and somatic symptoms. Venlafaxine extended-release (XR) capsules have been shown to be effective in short-term treatment of patients with GAD without major depressive disorder (MDD), but lo...
The article focuses on Wyeth's Effexor XR venlafaxine extended-release capsules. The anti-depressant is believed to exert its effect through the inhibition of neuronal serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake. It is approved for the treatment of panic disorder. The efficacy and safety of ...
The article offers information concerning the venlafaxine extended release (XR) in the U.S. Venlafaxine XR is approved for the treatment of depression, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder (SAD) in adults. It should be taken as a single dose with ...