Trazodone

🧮 Dose calculator

Major depressive disorder · Regimen source: FDA Trazodone · 2.1

• • Start low and increase gradually; after a meal; if drowsy, give most of the dose at bedtime. FDA Trazodone · 2.1FDA Trazodone · 2.2

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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 Trazodone · 8.1

  “Risk Summary Published prospective cohort studies, case series, and case reports over several decades with trazodone hydrochloride tablets use in pregnant women have not identified any drug-associated risks of major birth defects, miscarriage, or adverse maternal or fetal outcomes (see Data) .”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Trazodone · 8.2

  “Risk Summary Data from published literature report the transfer of trazodone into human milk.”

• 👶 ChildrenDangerous / avoid

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

  “Antidepressants increased the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in pediatric and young adult patients in short-term studies.”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

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

  “However, as experience in the elderly with trazodone hydrochloride is limited, it should be used with caution in geriatric patients.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

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