Mirtazapine
Antidepressant medicine
- Zispin "ZISS-pin"
What can it be used for?
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If you are 18 or over, the doctor can prescribe mirtazapine for you as a licensed medicine for depression (low mood)
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If you are under 18, there is less research about its use and effectiveness in young people. Even so, specialists might prescribe it ‘off label’ if it is the best medicine for you
Ways to take and what's in it?
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15mg, 30mg and 45mg strengths
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15mg, 30mg and 45mg strengths
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15mg in 1 ml
Mirtazapine is an antidepressant medicine.
Mirtazapine is mainly used to treat depression, but can also be used in the treatment of generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
You can take mirtazapine as tablets, dissolving tablets or liquid.
If you have any thoughts of suicide, or of other ways of hurting yourself, go straight to a hospital with your medicine. This may be a side-effect, and you need urgent help.
Issues like alcohol, driving, concentration, sports, weight, sex life and fertility.