What Are The Side Effects Of Zoloft?

Posted on Mon, 16 Mar 2015

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Question : Hi Am a 74 year old male and am on 50mm zoloft for depression.
Have been on it for a month now with only slight improvement.
Should i increase the dose to 100 mm? .
The side effects do not worry me unduly.
Regards XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Shubham Mehta (14 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
dose can be increased.

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to HealthcareMagic.

You are taking 50mg zoloft for depression. There is only slight improvement in symptoms after 1 month of treatment.

Zoloft is safe in 100mg doses and the dose can be increased to 100mg (only under your treating doctor's supervision) as there is only partial improvement in symptoms.

Hope this answers your query satisfactorily.

Feel free to discuss further.

Kindly close the discussion if you have no more queries and give your valuable feedback.

Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Pradeep Vitta

Follow up: Dr. Shubham Mehta (26 minutes later)

My GP has not your experience what would you recommend?

Answered by Dr. Shubham Mehta (15 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I would recommend a dose increment.

Detailed Answer:
In my opinion, dose can be increased. But your GP should know about your dose increment. You should also request him to do that as the present dosage is not having the required effect it is supposed to.

The maximum recommended dose of zoloft is 200-250 mg.

Dose can be titrated upwards depending on the response.

Hope this helps.

Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Pradeep Vitta