Serzone

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Brand Name: Serzone

Generic Name: Nefazodone

Primary Use: Depression

Dosage Forms:

Oral tablets of 50mg, 100mg, 150mg, 200mg and 250mg

Common Side Effects:

• Chest tightness
• Voice changes
• Blurred vision, painful eyes
• Light-headedness
• Shortness of breath
• Groin itch
• Feeling dizzy
• Thick white discharge per vagina
• Wheezing
• Stomach pain
• Pain during intercourse
• Bladder pain, urgency in urine, difficulty in urination
• Diarrhoea
• Cough
• Unsteadiness or clumsiness
• Ringing in the ears
• Skin rash or itch
• Stiffness of muscles

How long should it be taken?

Serzone needs periodical doctor’s evaluation for long-term use.

Rare side effects:

• Photophobia, double vision, dry eye syndrome
• Asthma
• Hyperexcitement states
• Mydriasis
• Blood per rectum, black tarry stools
• Changes in menses
• Speech changes
• Haematemesis
• Increased sense of hearing
• Abnormal fatigue
• Fast heartbeats
• Twitching
• Ear, nerve, pelvic, chest pain
• Kidney stones

Effectiveness:

• Serzone has shown to maintain efficacy up to 36 weeks in clinical trials in relapse cases.
• Clinical studies have shown that Serzone is effective for short-term (6 to 8 weeks) use.