Milnacipran

میلناسیپران

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🧠 Nervous SystemSNRI

Market / country: 🇺🇸 USA

Savella (US)

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Fibromyalgia · Regimen source: FDA Savella · 2.1

  • • Titration: day 1: 12.5 mg; days 2–3: 12.5 mg twice; days 4–7: 25 mg twice; then 50 mg twice daily. Better tolerated with food. Taper when stopping. FDA Savella · 2.1FDA Savella · 2.4

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🛡️ Safety & information

Contraindications

  • ⛔ MAOIs concomitantly, within 14 days of stopping them, or within 5 days of stopping this drug; linezolid or IV methylene blue (serotonin syndrome). FDA Savella · 4.1

Warnings

  • • Boxed warning: suicidality with antidepressants in children and young adults; not approved for depression in the US. FDA Savella · Boxed Warning
  • • Serotonin syndrome; raised blood pressure and heart rate; seizures; hepatotoxicity; hyponatraemia; bleeding; activation of mania. FDA Savella · 5

Renal adjustment

  • • eGFR < 30: CrCl 5–29: reduce maintenance by 50% (25 mg twice daily); ESRD not recommended. FDA Savella · 2.2

Formulations

👥 Special populations

  • 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

    Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Savella · 8.1

    “Risk Summary Based on data from published observational studies, exposure to SNRIs, particularly in the month before delivery, has been associated with a less than 2-fold increase in the risk of postpartum hemorrhage [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.2 )] .”
  • 🤱 BreastfeedingNo data

    The source for this drug has no section for this group.

  • 👶 ChildrenDangerous / avoid

    Boxed warning in the label about children. FDA Savella · Boxed Warning

    “SAVELLA is not approved for use in pediatric patients [see Indications and Usage ( 1 ), Warnings and Precautions ( 5.1 ), Use in Specific Populations ( 8.4 )].”
  • 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

    Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Savella · 8.5

    “SNRIs, SSRIs, and SAVELLA, have been associated with cases of clinically significant hyponatremia in elderly patients, who may be at greater risk for this adverse event [see Warnings and Precautions ( 5.8 )] .”
  • ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

    The source for this drug has no section for this group.

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