Buspirone

🧮 Dose calculator

Anxiety and tension · Regimen source: FDA Buspirone · Dosage and Administration

• • Increase 5 mg/day every 2–3 days; usually 20–30 mg/day. FDA Buspirone · 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 Buspirone · Precautions/Warnings – Pregnancy

  “Teratogenic Effects Pregnancy Category B: No fertility impairment or fetal damage was observed in reproduction studies performed in rats and rabbits at buspirone doses of approximately 30 times the maximum recommended human dose.”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

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

  “The extent of the excretion in human milk of buspirone or its metabolites is not known.”

• 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

  The label has conditions, age limits or notes for children; the label sentence is quoted below. FDA Buspirone · Pediatric Use

  “The safety and effectiveness of buspirone were evaluated in two placebo-controlled 6-week trials involving a total of 559 pediatric patients (ranging from 6 to 17 years of age) with GAD.”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Buspirone · Precautions/Warnings – Geriatric Use

  “In one study of 6632 patients who received buspirone for the treatment of anxiety, 605 patients were ≥65 years old and 41 were ≥75 years old; the safety and efficacy profiles for these 605 elderly patients (mean age = 70.8 years) were similar to those in the younger population (mean age = 43.3 years).”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

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