Posted by bleauberry on August 15, 2008, at 18:37:12
In reply to has remeron helped anyone?, posted by raisinb on August 15, 2008, at 11:44:33
Like anything else, remeron is a miracle for some and poison to others. Browsing through archives of this forum and sites that allow people to rate and review their med experiences, people who did very well with remeron were usually in the 30mg to 45mg range. Sedation is pretty strong the first few weeks and I think that prevents a lot of people from giving it a fair go.
In a metastudy at pubmed various antidepressants were compared by combining data from many different clinical trials to see if any were superior. Though differences were small, Lexapro got definite superiority, while Remeron, Effexor, and Milnacipran got probably superiority. So from a clinical point of view, not always comparable to the real world it seems to me, Remeron is up there near the top.
I used it for about a year in combination with prozac. My highest dose was 15mg, mainly for sleep, so I was probably under the level where it might have really helped.
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