Venlafaxine Prolonged-Release Tablets

Description

Venlafaxine Prolonged Release Tablet helps treat depression and anxiety. Venlafaxine Prolonged Release Tablet helps the brain make more serotonin and noradrenaline, which are natural chemicals that keep our minds balanced.

Venlafaxine Prolonged Release Tablet is a type of medicine that helps with depression and anxiety. It works by increasing the levels of certain chemicals in the brain. Venlafaxine Prolonged Release Tablet helps to balance the chemicals in the brain that affect mood and emotions, like serotonin and norepinephrine.

How to use Venlafaxine Prolonged Release Tablet?

• Before you start using venlafaxine and each time you get more, read the Medication Guide and the Patient Information Leaflet if you can. Your pharmacist will give you these. If you don’t understand something, just ask your doctor or pharmacist.
• Take this medicine by mouth as your doctor told you, usually once a day with food, either in the morning or evening.
• Do not break, bite, or mix this medicine. This can cause all of the medicine to come out at the same time, which can make side effects more likely. Swallow the pill without chewing or crushing it.
• If you are using the capsules, just swallow them without chewing. If swallowing the capsules is hard, you can open them and put the inside on a spoonful of applesauce. Drink all of the mixture quickly without chewing it. After taking the medicine, drink a glass of water.
• The amount of medicine you need depends on how sick you are and how well you are getting better. To make sure you don’t have bad reactions, your doctor might tell you to start with a small amount of this medicine and slowly take more. Make sure to do exactly what your doctor tells you to do. Remember to take this medicine regularly to get the best results from it. Remember, take it at the same time every day.
• Continue taking this medicine even if you are not sick. Always ask your doctor before you stop taking this medicine. Stopping this drug suddenly can make some conditions worse. You might feel confused, and moody, have trouble seeing, get headaches, feel tired, have trouble sleeping, and feel like you’re getting shocked. Your amount of medicine may need to be slowly lowered to decrease any negative effects. Please tell us if you start feeling worse or have any new symptoms.
• It might take a few weeks to start feeling better from taking this medicine. Inform your doctor if your condition stays the same or becomes more severe.

Benefits Of Venlafaxine Prolonged Release Tablet

These are the main advantages of venlafaxine prolonged-release (ER) tablets:

Better control of symptoms: Venlafaxine ER is a good medicine for depression. It can make you feel better if you’re sad, tired, or have thoughts about hurting yourself.It can also help with anxiety problems, like feeling very worried all the time, being scared to be around people, and having sudden, intense fear.

Long-acting medication: The extended-release (ER) version of venlafaxine slowly releases the medication into the body over a long time, keeping the drug levels stable. This could lead to better results, fewer side effects, and easier dosing (usually once a day) than the regular version.

Less severe withdrawal signs: The slow release of venlafaxine from the extended-release version can lower the chance of getting withdrawal symptoms when you stop taking the medicine or forget to take it.

Better following the rules: Taking venlafaxine ER once a day can help patients remember to take their medicine, which is important for it to work well.

Adaptability: Venlafaxine ER helps with mental health problems like depression, anxiety, and some types of chronic pain.

Long-term success: Venlafaxine ER helps people with depression and anxiety feel better for a long time. Many patients feel better and have less symptoms when they take it.

Side Effects Of Venlafaxine Prolonged Release Tablet

• Weakness
• Dryness in mouth
• Sweating
• Nausea
• Dizziness
• Insomnia (difficulty in sleeping)
• Decreased appetite
• Headache
• Sleepiness

Precautions Of Venlafaxine Prolonged Release Tablet

• Venlafaxine is used to treat depression and anxiety.
• It can also be used to treat nerve pain caused by diabetes and other types of long-lasting pain.
• Venlafaxine may not start working for 2 to 4 weeks. Continue to take it as the doctor told you to.
• It can make you feel dizzy and sleepy. Don’t drive or do anything that needs you to focus until you know how it affects you.
• Do not drink alcohol while taking Venlafaxine because it can make you very sleepy and also harm your liver.
• It might make your blood pressure go up, especially in the first month of taking the medicine. Check your blood pressure often.
• It might make you feel restless, especially when you first begin using it. Tell your doctor if this happens to you.
• Speak to your doctor if you start feeling really different or have thoughts about hurting yourself.
• Don’t stop taking the medicine all of a sudden without talking to your doctor first.