Trazonil

Uses of Trazonil

Trazonil is an antidepressant medication used in the treatment of depression. This medicine works by increasing the levels of a chemical called serotonin in the brain, which helps to improve mood and reduce the feeling of anxiety.

Precautions and Warnings

You should not use Trazonil if you are allergic to it.

Do not use this medicine if you have used an MAO inhibitor in the past 14 days. A dangerous drug interaction could occur. MAO inhibitors include isocarboxazid, linezolid, methylene blue injection, phenelzine, tranylcypromine, and others.

After you stop takingTrazonil , you must wait at least 14 days before you start taking an MAOI.

Tell your doctor if you also take stimulant medicine, opioid medicine, herbal products, or medicine for depression, mental illness, Parkinson’s disease, migraine headaches, serious infections, or prevention of nausea and vomiting. An interaction with trazodone could cause a serious condition called serotonin syndrome.

To make sure this medicine is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have ever had:

• liver or kidney disease;
• heart disease, or a recent heart attack;
• a bleeding or blood clotting disorder;
• seizures or epilepsy;
• narrow-angle glaucoma;
• long QT syndrome;
• drug addiction or suicidal thoughts; or
• bipolar disorder (manic depression).

Some young people have thoughts about suicide when first taking an antidepressant. Your doctor should check your progress at regular visits. Your family or other caregivers should also be alert to changes in your mood or symptoms.

Taking trazodone during pregnancy could harm the baby, but stopping the medicine may not be safe for you.

Do not start or stop this medicine without asking your doctor.

If you are pregnant, your name may be listed on a pregnancy registry to track the effects of Trazonil on the baby.

It may not be safe to breast-feed while using this medicine. Ask your doctor about any risk.

Trazodone is not approved for use by anyone younger than 18 years old.

Dosage

The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor’s orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.

The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.

Side Effects

Common side effect: