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Trazodone is used to treat depression. Trazodone is in a class of medications called serotonin modulators. It works by increasing the amount of serotonin, a natural substance in the brain that helps maintain mental balance.

Trazodone is also sometimes used to treat schizophrenia (long lasting, disabling mental illness in which the patient loses touch with reality); anxiety (excessive worry); alcohol abuse; and abnormal, uncontrollable movements that may be experienced as side effects of other medications. Talk to your doctor about the possible risks of using this medication for your condition.

Special precautions

Before taking trazodone,

• Tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to trazodone or any other medicines.
• Tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are taking drugs, vitamins, and nutritional supplements.
• Tell your doctor what herbal products you are taking, especially St. John's wort.
• tell your doctor if you have or have ever had, or anyone in your family has or has ever had, depression, bipolar disorder (mood that changes from depressed to abnormally excited), or mania (frenzied, abnormally excited mood), or if you have, or anyone in your family has, thought about or attempted suicide. Also tell your doctor if you are being treated with electroshock therapy and if you have or have ever had cancer; a heart attack, irregular heart beat; high blood pressure; human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); low white blood cell count; or heart disease.
• Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding. If you become pregnant while taking trazodone, call your doctor.
• If you are having surgery, including dental surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are taking trazodone.
• You should know that trazodone may make you drowsy and affect your judgment. Do not drive a car or operate machinery until you know how this medication affects you. If drowsiness is a problem, ask your doctor about taking part of your dose at bedtime.
• Ask your doctor about the safe use of alcoholic beverages while you are taking trazodone. Alcohol can make the side effects from trazodone worse.
• You should know that your mental health may change in unexpected ways, especially at the beginning of your treatment and any time that your dose is increased or decreased.
• You should know that trazodone may cause dizziness, lightheadedness, and fainting when you get up too quickly from a lying position. To avoid this problem, get out of bed slowly, resting your feet on the floor for a few minutes before standing up.

Side effects

Trazodone may cause side effects:

• headache or heaviness in head
• upset stomach
• vomiting
• bad taste in mouth
• stomach pain
• diarrhea
• constipation
• changes in appetite or weight
• weakness or tiredness
• nervousness
• decreased ability to concentrate or remember things
• confusion
• difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
• nightmares
• muscle pain
• dry mouth
• sweating
• blurred vision
• tired, red, or itchy eyes
• runny nose
• congestion
• ringing in ears

Some side effects can be serious. The following symptoms are uncommon:

• chest pain
• fast, pounding, or irregular heart beat
• shortness of breath
• fever, sore throat, chills, or other signs of infection
• hives
• skin rash
• itching
• difficulty breathing or swallowing
• swelling of the face, throat, tongue, lips, eyes, hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs
• hoarseness
• decreased coordination
• shaking hands that you cannot control
• numbness, burning, or tingling in the arms, legs, hands, or feet
• dizziness or lightheadedness
• fainting
• thoughts of hurting yourself

Trazodone may cause painful, long lasting erections in males. In some cases emergency and/or surgical treatment has been required and, in some of these cases, permanent damage has occurred. Talk to your doctor about the risk of taking trazodone.

Symptoms of overdose may include:

• vomiting
• drowsiness
• changes in heart beat
• seizures
• difficulty breathing
• painful erection that does not go away

Keep all appointments with your doctor.