Posted by tonyz on June 2, 2009, at 20:49:53
In reply to remeron, posted by heidegger on May 16, 2009, at 16:10:31
I took remeron for a time and it was not helpful to me but I can't say that I had any side effects with any certainty.
You probably know about the rare reaction as mentioned on the webmd site posted below:
In premarketing clinical trials, two (one with Sjögren's Syndrome) out of 2796 patients treated with REMERON® (mirtazapine) Tablets developed agranulocytosis [absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 500/m³ with associated signs and symptoms, e.g., fever, infection, etc.] and a third patient developed severe neutropenia (ANC < 500/m³ without any associated symptoms). For these three patients, onset of severe neutropenia was detected on days 61, 9, and 14 of treatment, respectively. All three patients recovered after REMERON® was stopped. These three cases yield a crude incidence of severe neutropenia (with or without associated infection) of approximately 1.1 per thousand patients exposed, with a very wide 95% confidence interval, i.e., 2.2 cases per 10,000 to 3.1 cases per 1000. If a patient develops a sore throat, fever, stomatitis or other signs of infection, along with a low WBC count, treatment with REMERON® should be discontinued and the patient should be closely monitored.
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