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A member asked:

Currently taking 150 mg venlafaxine with 15mg mirtazapine but the mirtazapine is no longer working to help sleep? should i stop the mirtazapine?

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Dr. TRUC DAO answered

Mirtazapine 15mg: If it helped then lost benefit then increase dose to 30mg or even to 45mg [2 04 3 pills at night] as the pill somes in doses 15-30-45mg. Call and talk to your doc. IN all cases if doc not available talk to your pharmacist.

Answered 7/22/2017

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