Psychiatric Side Effects from Trazodone

Trazodone is often prescribed as a treatment for insomnia. It works well for many people who take it. Two uncommon but potentially serious side effects from trazodone are mania and psychosis.

It's important to know that trazodone has the potential to cause these types of side effects. Otherwise, patients might be incorrectly diagnosed with new illnesses and given additional medicines that they don't need.

It's also important to be aware of trazodone's potential for serious psychiatric side effects because such side effects might be more likely to emerge when it's given to people whose nervous systems might be more vulnerable because of neurological or psychiatric illness.

This lecture was given at the January 19, 2021 meeting of the SZconsult learning community.

SZconsult is a free consultation + education service offered by Northeast Ohio Medical University. It’s open to any clinician who wants to learn more about schizophreniaspectrum illness, or who wants to tap into the collective wisdom of the learning community to find answers to clinical problems.

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