Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)

Active Ingredient: Venlafaxine

Indication for Venlafaxine

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)
Therapeutic intent: Curative procedure

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:

75 mg once daily

For:

Dosage regimens

Oral, 75 milligrams venlafaxine, once daily. The maximum allowed total dose is 225 milligrams venlafaxine daily.

Detailed description

The recommended dose is 75 mg per day, administered in a single dose. There was no evidence that higher doses confer any additional benefit.

Discontinuing venlafaxine

A gradual reduction in the dose, rather than abrupt cessation, is recommended whenever possible. In clinical studies with venlafaxine, tapering was achieved by reducing the daily dose by 75 mg at one-week intervals. Individualization of tapering may be necessary.

Dosage considerations

Venlafaxine should be administered in a single dose with food, either in the morning or in the evening at approximately the same time each day.

Active ingredient

Venlafaxine

Venlafaxine has an antidepressant effect. The mechanism of its action in humans is believed to be associated with its potentiation of neurotransmitter activity in the central nervous system.

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