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Desvenlafaxine
Aka: Desvenlafaxine, Pristiq
- See Also
- Venlafaxine (Effexor)
- Efficacy
- May be less effective than Venlafaxine XR (Effexor XR)
- Benefits (compared with Effetypxor XR)
- Easier to dose (only one dose) but as noted above, this is less effective than Effexor
- Touted to be better tolerated than Effexor, but studies do not bear this out
- Effexor XR will be generic in 2010 and is preferred
- Dosing
- Dose: 50 mg orally daily
- Tapering (do not cut tablet)
- Week 1: Skip one dose
- Week 2: Skip two doses
- Week 3: Skip three doses
- Week 4: Stop medication
- Adverse Effects
- Antidepressant Withdrawal
- Empty ghost capsule in stool (typical finding)
- References
- (2008) Ann Pharmacother 42:1439 [PubMed]