Efexor-XR 75 mg 14 Capsule

• • Venlafaxine is an antidepressant belonging to a group of drugs called selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SSNRIs).

• • Venlafaxine affects chemicals in the brain that may be unbalanced in people with depression.

• • Venlafaxine is a prescription medicine used to treat major depressive disorder, anxiety, and panic disorder.

Dosage forms:

• • Oral capsule, extended release (150 mg; 37.5 mg; 75 mg).

• • Oral tablet (100 mg; 25 mg; 37.5 mg; 50 mg; 75 mg).

• • oral tablet, extended release (150 mg; 225 mg; 37.5 mg; 75 mg).

Warnings And precautions:

• • You should not take venlafaxine if you have uncontrolled narrowangle glaucoma.

• • Do not use venlafaxine within 7 days before or 14 days after you have used an MAO inhibitor, such as isocarboxazid, linezolid, methylene blue injection, phenelzine, or tranylcypromine.

• • Some young people have thoughts about suicide when first taking an antidepressant.

• • Stay alert to changes in your mood or symptoms.

Report any new or worsening symptoms to your doctor, such as:

• • Mood or behavioral changes, anxiety, panic attacks, trouble sleeping, or if you feel impulsive, irritable, agitated, hostile, aggressive, restless, hyperactive (mentally or physically), more depressed, or have thoughts about suicide or hurting yourself.

• • Do not stop using venlafaxine without first talking to your doctor.

• • Do not give this medicine to anyone younger than 18 years old without the advice of a doctor.
  • Venlafaxine is not FDA approved for use in children.

Ingredients:

• VENLAFAXINE