Initial dose: 50 mg orally once a day Maintenance dose: 50 to 200 mg orally once a day.Detailed Sertraline dosage information What happens if I miss a dose?Take the medicine as soon as you can, but skip the missed dose if it is almost time for your next dose. Do not take two dos...
A gradual dose reduction of sertraline is recommended when therapy is discontinued. What is the dosage for sertraline? The recommended dose of sertraline is 25-200 mg once daily. Treatment of depression, OCD, panic disorder, PTSD, and social anxiety disorder is initiated at 25-50 mg once dai...
A gradual dose reduction of sertraline is recommended when therapy is discontinued. What is the dosage for sertraline? The recommended dose of sertraline is 25-200 mg once daily. Treatment of depression, OCD, panic disorder, PTSD, and socialanxietydisorder is initiated at 25-50 mg once daily....
Sertraline 50 to 200 mg/day was generally well tolerated by adults and paediatric patients with OCD who participated in clinical trials. The incidence and severity of sertraline-related adverse events appeared to be dose related. In a placebo-controlled trial conducted in 324 nondepressed adults wit...
Treatment forPruritus(Itching) (Off-label) 25-100 mg daily for up to 5 years; 75-100 mg doses found to be most effective Dosing Modifications Renal impairment: Dose adjustment not necessary Hepatic impairment Mild (Child-Pugh 5-6): Decrease recommended starting dose and therapeutic dose by 50...
Patients with moderate-to-severe OCD were recruited at 10 sites. After a 1-week placebo lead-in, patients were treated in a double-blind fashion for 12 weeks with sertraline or placebo. Sertraline was administered at a starting dose of 50 mg/day, with flexible titration up to 200 mg/day...
Although sertraline is not yet licensed for the treatment of OCD in this age group, it is a useful drug to consider. Given that adverse side-effects are dose related, and often result in premature discontinuation of medication, starting at a low dose, i.e. 12.5 mg may prove clinically ...
Sertraline is FDA-approved for treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). Sertraline is also approved to treat other mental conditions, like panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), social phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Even though sertraline isn’t FDA-approved for...
Uses Side Effects Warnings & Precautions Interactions Overdose/Missed Dose Reviews (643)Uses What is sertraline used for? Sertraline is commonly used for the following conditions. Depression Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a mental health condition that causes unwanted repeated thoughts, or obsessi...
For healthcare professionals Applies to sertraline:oral capsule, oral concentrate, oral tablet. General adverse events The most commonly reported side effect was nausea, which was dose dependent and often transient in nature. The most common side effects associated with discontinuation of sertraline trea...