Nefazodone

🧮 Dose calculator

Major depressive disorder · Regimen source: FDA Nefazodone · Dosage and Administration

• • Increase by 100–200 mg/day at intervals of at least 1 week. Elderly or debilitated: start 50 mg twice daily. Weigh hepatic failure risk when choosing. FDA Nefazodone · Dosage and Administration

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

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

  “Patients should be advised to notify their physician if they become pregnant or intend to become pregnant during therapy.”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Nefazodone · Nursing Mothers

  “Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when nefazodone is administered to a nursing woman.”

• 👶 ChildrenDangerous / avoid

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

  “Nefazodone hydrochloride tablets are not approved for use in pediatric patients (see WARNINGS, Clinical Worsening and Suicide Risk ;”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

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

  “The usual precautions should be observed in elderly patients who have concomitant medical illnesses or who are receiving concomitant drugs.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

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