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From: astri on 6 Aug 2008 18:09 anyone have any comments about taking a low dose of trazodone for sleep difficulties. i'm especially concerned about whether it might make me gain weight. i absolutely refuse to take any medication that will make me gain weight. the information i've seen suggests that trazodone can have both effects (weight loss or weight gain) with a slightly higher percentage of folks reporting weight loss than weight gain, but the percentages in the controlled studies look pretty similar. the pdoc suggested there is a dose-dependent impact, with low doses less likely to impact weight, but i can't find anything that gives any information about that either way. thanks. -- astri
From: paulo on 6 Aug 2008 23:31 astri wrote: > anyone have any comments about taking a low dose of trazodone for sleep trazodone is bad for the heart.
From: astri on 6 Aug 2008 23:33 On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, paulo wrote: > astri wrote: >> anyone have any comments about taking a low dose of trazodone for >> sleep > > trazodone is bad for the heart. please expand. -- astri ====================== to email send to astri ====================== at volcano dot org ======================
From: Nom dePlume on 7 Aug 2008 01:34 "astri" <astri(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:Pine.BSI.4.64.0808061203010.5551(a)malasada.lava.net... > anyone have any comments about taking a low dose of trazodone for sleep > difficulties. i'm especially concerned about whether it might make me > gain weight. i absolutely refuse to take any medication that will make > me gain weight. > > the information i've seen suggests that trazodone can have both effects > (weight loss or weight gain) with a slightly higher percentage of folks > reporting weight loss than weight gain, but the percentages in the > controlled studies look pretty similar. the pdoc suggested there is a > dose-dependent impact, with low doses less likely to impact weight, but > i can't find anything that gives any information about that either way. Nor can I. Weight changes seem to be greater on trazadone than placebos, but increase and decrease seem to be equally likely. (You can read the Trazadone prescribing information on my Web site for details.) -- Nom dePlume, Ph.D. Why, yes, in fact, I am a rocket scientist. Find my book, Medicines for Mental health, and free drug information, at www.MentalMeds.org =====
From: Nom dePlume on 7 Aug 2008 01:35
"astri" <astri(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:Pine.BSI.4.64.0808061733210.5321(a)malasada.lava.net... > On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, paulo wrote: >> astri wrote: >>> anyone have any comments about taking a low dose of trazodone for >>> sleep >> >> trazodone is bad for the heart. > > please expand. > > -- astri I have not heard that trazodone is bad for the heart. If it is, I would be interested in knowing the details. -- Nom dePlume, Ph.D. Why, yes, in fact, I am a rocket scientist. Find my book, Medicines for Mental health, and free drug information, at www.MentalMeds.org ===== |