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Doxepine-trazodone

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Created page with '{{Drugswitch | from = doxepin | to = trazodone | stop = * '''Before day 0:''' gradually reduce dosage of doxepin to a maximum of 100 mg/day, when this dosage is > 100 mg/day....'
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| from = doxepin
| to = trazodone
| stop =
* '''Before day 0:''' gradually reduce dosage of doxepin to a maximum of 100 mg/day, when this dosage is > 100 mg/day.
* '''Day 1:''' reduce dosage of doxepin to 50 mg/day.
* '''Day 8:''' stop administration of doxepin.
| start =
No wash-out period is needed.
* '''Day 1:''' simultaneously start administration of trazodone in a dosage of 150 mg/day.
* '''Day 8:''' continue only administration of trazodone. If necessary, increase the dosage of trazodone to a maximum of 400 mg/day.
| info =
* Occurrence of the serotonin syndrome is theoretically possilble, so caution is necessary.}}
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