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who is taking valdoxan ??? please

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louise37661
louise37661

I'm taking venlafaxine feel very ill on it I suffer Gad and deppresion I would like to try valdoxan will my gp change it ? I have awful side effects on venlafaxine had enough please any information on valdoxan would be massively appreciated thank you

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  • drew01521
    drew01521 louise37661

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    My doctor told me about this the other day and our sounds promising. Currently on endep 50mg, and whilst it's OK for depression it does very little for anxiety. I've recently Feb waking up in the night with a panic attack and confused - no idea why.

    I've been on Luvox before (2 years ago) and also something (SSRI too) else when I was much younger I can't remember the name of. Luvox was great, especially the anxiety, but caused sexual side effects (not impotence) which are bareable but not ideal.

    So I'm thinking of changing to Valdoxan soon, potentially as the anxiety is starting to get frustrating.

    I've also just been prescribed lexapro (10mg) but reading that there can be an interaction with endep, although the risk is small I'm not that keen.

    Any thoughts?

    • Sofaloafer
      Sofaloafer drew01521

      Posted

      Hi

      Hopefully your doctor will have informed you that you have to be completely off the Luvox before you can start Valdoxan.

      Luvox is contraindicated with Valdoxan as both are metabolised though the liver. So much so there's a warning in the instructions.

      It is a complete pain in the bum coming off Luvox but the Valdoxan is my only option at the moment. Been bipolar 1 since my teens but not diagnoses properly until 2009. I've been out on every AD you can think of including tricyclics. I am on lithium, seroquel and lamotrigine which keep my mood stable, but I seem to be a patient that needs a pick from either way or I don't remain in the middle.

      So here's hoping it works for you - and me - and don't forget those blood tests.

  • rich2016
    rich2016 louise37661

    Posted

    Anyone tried starting on 12.5mg of Agomelatine/Valdoxan? I sometimes find that lower doses can work. I'm starting next week.
    • kylie19482
      kylie19482 rich2016

      Posted

      Your doc prescribed 12.5mg? I wanted to try a lower dose but my GP and Psych said 12.5mg was like taking nothing (they were right, plus it's difficult to break those 25mg exactly in half!) the pharmacist suggested 25mg every second night instead.
  • BirdyBee
    BirdyBee louise37661

    Posted

    Hello! My doctor has just given me two sample packs of Valdoxan 25mg (I'm in Australia) but I am going to live in the US (California) for six months later this year and I'm worried to start something that I might not be able to access. Apparently my doc could only give me three months worth to take away with me. Does anyone know if you can access Valdoxan in the US? Thank you!!!
    • Morris1974
      Morris1974 BirdyBee

      Posted

      Valdoxan is not available in the US. The rights to market Valdoxan in the US were sold by Servier to Novartis in 2006 but the development phase was halted in 2011 when clinical trials suggested weak efficacy and an increase in the risk of liver damage.

      I tried Valdoxan fir two months for anxiety and panic attacks. It did nothing. But my doctor stated it has worked wonders for others.

    • BirdyBee
      BirdyBee Morris1974

      Posted

      Hi thank you for clarifying, I don't think I'm going to start on Valdoxan if its not available in the US. I'm also kind of tired of trying different meds, I think I'll just settle for the mild to moderate benefit I get on cymbalta. Its hard work always trying out new ones. I hope you found something else that worked for you after the Valdoxan.
  • schaffles
    schaffles louise37661

    Posted

    Hi!

    I've been taking Valdoxan for about a year now. I'm 17 in the UK + was in hospital when I was started on it... My consultant for a recommendation from a professor at a local university because it was apparently effective for drug resistant MDD. I've also got BPD. So I've been taking it 50mg with quetiapine 300mg daily and haven't experienced side effects. Furthermore I stopped it quite suddenly a couple of months ago (stupidly, but I had an impulsive moment) and experienced no withdrawal symptoms, although I wouldn't recommend doing that ever!! I've not noticed much causal effect with it in treating my depression, although since starting it a year ago when I was at rock bottom, I am a lot better now. I started it 8 months into my admission in hospital, and 4 months later I was discharged home. Since then I've only required hospital admission once... And when I stopped taking it, I ended up taking an overdose. So I think indirectly and objectively it probably has helped... And I've noticed since taking it my mood is generally consistent, which in some ways isn't good but I think it's better than being up and down all the time (for the sake of those around me at least!)

    My worry is the liver thing: I got blood tests when I started taking it a year ago and all was fine. Now I'm starting to take it again, but my psychiatrist hasn't asked me to get any blood tests... Is this because I responded to it well a year ago, or should I ask to get my bloods tested? Considering I was in hospital a week ago after my overdose (which affects the liver)... Dunno what to do.

    Anyway, good luck on this medication, and have hope. It's a weird one to be on because no one has ever heard of it hahahah so it's quite nice knowing that I'm not the only one taking it!

    Jo

    • Sofaloafer
      Sofaloafer schaffles

      Posted

      Push your doctor for those blood tests - mine did 3 weeks in, then at six weeks, then at 3 months, and now three monthly. A liver is an important thing smile

  • penny8787
    penny8787 louise37661

    Posted

    Hi, I am 34, female, living in Australia and diagnosed with anxiety. Started Valdoxan just a couple of days ago and I am taking 25mg per night. I felt a bit nauseous the first couple of days, but I am feeling better now, but my problem is the pain on the sides of my belly, which I am not sure if it's because of the pills.

    Two days ago the pain was terrible at work and they called an ambulance and send me to the hospital. The pain was like spasm or cramp feeling in my stomach. In the hospital they asked me to do an ultrasound and sent me back home. Today I've done the ultrasound and everything in my uterres and ovaries look clean and good, no cysts, no shell from a bursted cyst, and no sign of anything abnormal.

    The pain is still there, but it doesn't bother me so much anymore. Now its just a needle sharp feeling pain on the side of my belly.

    Anyone experienced such a thing before here?

    • christina_79292
      christina_79292 penny8787

      Posted

      Yes and it was on the second week of taking it my left side they said it was possible cyst and than discovered it was kidney infection . But I came off the drug and the pain as gone however I did not link the two together . Till you said it .
    • david36045
      david36045 penny8787

      Posted

      Hi Penny,

      That is so weird, I was on this site looking for causes of my stomach pain, and saw this, I have exactly the same symptoms.

      I have had all tests done showing nothing wrong, and this only started again when I went back on Valdoxin!!

      Maybe a coincidence but worth looking into, having said that, the Valdoxin does help me a lot for the main problem.

  • christina_79292
    christina_79292 louise37661

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    Hi Louis I'm on 225mg of Effexor xl and 25 mg of valdoxin . I have been on this dose for nearly 4 years . However o don't sleep right I'm always tired but I also take other meds as well . I suffer sever depression and GAD . I have a son I can't even look after alone as I can't find the energy for him however I was moved up to 50mg of valdoxin I felt OK after a couple of days but by week 2 I had horrible tremors extreme anxiety and so depressed I couldn't do a thing . My gp took me off it now I'm wondering should i kick the other 25mgs . I honestly think I had similar effects before but had such bad post natal I couldn't see it . I'm on lots of other bits for iron thyroid and mood and sleepers . I have to say in all my time I never felt mad or crazy but I'm honestly feeling like I've lost faith in all medication .

  • ronel_36159
    ronel_36159 louise37661

    Posted

    Hi there I'm on it for about 3 months now no side effects only thing is I'm now worst depressed as I was be4 can't seem to handle daily life stuff going back to the dr and change to another medication also this medication isn't really cheap $5 a day first 2 months great but now I can cry watching the Olympic's hope it helped

    • kylie19482
      kylie19482 ronel_36159

      Posted

      Hi Ronal so is your anxiety gone but your depression gotten worse?? That's exactly what happened to me so I saw a completely new Dr and he said he doesn't like Valdoxan AT ALL and never prescribes it... some Drs most likely have the pharmaceutical companies giving free samples of a particular medication to promote it and give you 3 months free as what happened with my very first Dr...... Keep experimenting. I'm on Zoloft now and wake up every day more happy than I've ever been in my WHOLE LIFE.

    • ronel_36159
      ronel_36159 kylie19482

      Posted

      Hi there kylie

      I've taken double lastnight eeck feeling very tired with the Zoloft is the any nasty symptoms as I'm peeping for Comp wondering if it will make me gain weight

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