Starting doses.txt

20 mg OD

10 mg (more potent than citalopram)

20 mg OD

50 mg OD

20 mg OD

50 mg OD

Citalopram, Fluoxetine, Paroxetine --> with effective dose ranges of 20-60mg OD

Fluvoxamine (Lexapro) & Sertraline (Zoloft)

• Dose ranges:
• Fluvoxamine 50-300 mg OD
• Sertraline 50-200 mg OD

• Fluoxetine (72 hrs)
• Fluvoxamine (15 hrs)

• D-NE-RI
• 150 mg OD starting (300 mg OD effective dose)

NE-Serotonin Modulator

15 mg OD (range 15-45 mg OD)

• Serotonin Modulator
• 50 mg OD (range 75-300 mg)

• Serotonin Modulator
• 50 mg OD (range 150-300)

• Irreversible MAOI
• 10 mg BID (20-60 range)

• 10 mg OD
• Irreversible MAOI

• Irreversible MAOI
• 15 mg OD (range 15-90 mg)

• Reversible MAOI
• 150 mg OD (range 300-600 mg)

25 mg TID for Amitriptyline, Desipramine, Doxepin, Imipramine & Nortriptyline

(exceptions Protriptyline & Trimipramine & Clomipramine)

(Dose range for majority is 75-300 mg OD)

• TCA
• 5 mg TID

• TCA
• 50 mg TID

• TCA
• 25 - 100 mg OD (dose range 25-250 mg OD)

• SNRI
• 100 mg OD (effective dose 300 mg)