Higher venlafaxine serum concentrations necessary for clinical improvement? Time to re-evaluate the therapeutic reference range of venlafaxine

M Scherf-Clavel, L Hommers, C Wurst… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The therapeutic reference range for venlafaxine in antidepressant treatment
has been defined as 100 to 400 ng/mL. However, in an everyday setting active moiety …

Therapeutic drug monitoring of venlafaxine in an everyday clinical setting: analysis of age, sex and dose concentration relationships

MR Hansen, IB Kuhlmann, A Pottegård… - Basic & Clinical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Venlafaxine is a commonly used antidepressant agent. We aimed to provide detailed
information on the associations between venlafaxine dose and concentrations of …

[HTML][HTML] Venlafaxine's therapeutic reference range in the treatment of depression revised: a systematic review and meta-analysis

XM Lense, C Hiemke, CSM Funk… - …, 2024 - Springer
Introduction The selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor venlafaxine is
among the most prescribed antidepressant drugs worldwide and, according to guidelines, its …

The comparison of brand-name and generic formulations of venlafaxine: a therapeutic drug monitoring analysis

S Unterecker, F Proft, P Riederer, M Lauer… - Therapeutic drug …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Venlafaxine (VEN) is a widely used antidepressant drug, which is available in
both brand-name and generic formulations. Bioequivalence studies indicate some …

Prediction of antidepressant response to venlafaxine by a combination of early response assessment and therapeutic drug monitoring

TJ Stamm, D Becker, LM Sondergeld… - …, 2014 - thieme-connect.com
Introduction: Early assessment of a therapeutic response is a central goal in antidepressant
treatment. The present study examined the potential for therapeutic drug monitoring and …

Adequacy of venlafaxine dose prescribing in major depression and hospital resources implications

A Vanoli, CJ Lane, C Harrison… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Venlafaxine, a dual serotonin and noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitor, has been found to be
effective at doses below 375 mg daily, but for patients with major depression higher doses …

Tolerability of high-dose venlafaxine in depressed patients

CL Harrison, N Ferrier… - Journal of …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
High doses of antidepressants are often used for treatment-resistant depression.
Venlafaxine, a dual serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor, has been shown to have …

Venlafaxine and O-desmethylvenlafaxine serum levels are positively associated with antidepressant response in elder depressed out-patients

D De Donatis, S Porcelli, G Zernig… - The World Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Background Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) represents one of the most
promising tools in clinical practice to optimise antidepressant treatment. Nevertheless, little …

Venlafaxine and O-Desmethylvenlafaxine Concentrations in Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid

M Paulzen, S Groppe, SC Tauber… - The Journal of …, 2014 - legacy.psychiatrist.com
Objective: To investigate whether drug concentrations of venlafaxine and its metabolite O-
desmethylvenlafaxine in plasma can be considered as a surrogate marker of concentrations …

Pharmacokinetics of venlafaxine in treatment responders and non-responders: a retrospective analysis of a large naturalistic database

G Schoretsanitis, E Haen, G Gründer, C Hiemke… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose To assess in a large naturalistic sample, whether clinical response to a treatment
with venlafaxine is associated with different patterns of plasma concentrations of active …