What is the dosage and how should it be used?
Trazodone comes as a tablet, and is to be taken by mouth.
Treatment should be started with low initial doses of 75 to 150 mg daily in divided doses or in an evening single dose. The dose may be increased slowly to a maximum of 300mg daily in ambulatory patients and to 600 mg daily in hospitalized patients. Geriatric and emaciated patients should begin with 100 mg daily, but may be slowly increased to 300 mg.
The dose of trazodone will be different for each patient. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label.
It is usually taken with a meal or light snack two or more times a day. To help you remember to take trazodone, take it around the same times every day.
Trazodone controls depression, but does not cure it. It may take 2 weeks or longer before you feel the full benefit of trazodone.
Continue to take trazodone even if you feel well. Do not stop taking trazodone without talking to your doctor. Your doctor will probably decrease your dose gradually.
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