About Daxid 100 Tablet
Daxid 100 Tablet contains Sertraline 100 mg. Sertraline is an antidepressant of the SSRI type. It is used to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, social anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It usually takes a few weeks to start helping, and treatment often continues for several months. It is taken once a day and should not be stopped suddenly.
Uses of Daxid 100 Tablet
- Depression
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Panic disorder
- Social anxiety disorder
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Benefits
In depression and anxiety disorders
It can improve mood, sleep and energy, and reduce anxiety, panic and unwanted repeated thoughts. Keep taking it as advised even after you feel better.
Side effects
Some side effects such as nausea are common in the first weeks and often settle. Talk to your doctor if they bother you. Do not stop the medicine suddenly.
Common
- Nausea
- Diarrhoea
- Trouble sleeping or sleepiness
- Headache
- Dizziness
- Dry mouth
- Sexual problems such as delayed ejaculation
Get medical help if you notice
- Thoughts of harming yourself or ending your life, or worsening mood, especially in the first weeks or after a dose change (more likely in people under 25) — contact your doctor straight away or seek emergency help
- Agitation, confusion, high temperature, sweating, shaking, muscle twitching or fast heartbeat — may be serotonin syndrome; seek emergency care
- Unusual bleeding or bruising, black stools or vomiting blood — contact your doctor
- Headache, confusion, weakness or unsteadiness (especially in older people) — may be low sodium; contact your doctor
- Fast or irregular heartbeat or fainting — seek medical help
- Very high mood, racing thoughts or reduced need for sleep — contact your doctor
How to use
Take it exactly as your doctor prescribed, once a day, in the morning or evening, with or without food. Swallow the tablet with water.
How it works
Sertraline increases the amount of serotonin, a natural chemical messenger in the brain, by blocking its re-uptake. This helps improve mood and reduce anxiety.
Safety advice
Alcohol Unsafe
Avoid alcohol. It can worsen depression and add to drowsiness.
Pregnancy Consult your doctor
Use only if your doctor advises it. Do not stop suddenly; talk to your doctor if you are pregnant or planning a pregnancy.
Breastfeeding Consult your doctor
Small amounts pass into breast milk. Ask your doctor before using it.
Driving Caution
It can cause drowsiness or dizziness. Do not drive until you know how it affects you.
Kidney Caution
A dose change is usually not needed, but tell your doctor if you have kidney disease.
Liver Caution
Your doctor may use a lower dose or space doses out if you have liver disease.
If you miss a dose
If you miss a dose, take it when you remember the same day. If it is nearly time for the next dose, skip the missed one. Do not take two doses together.
Quick tips
- It can take a few weeks to start working — keep taking it.
- Do not stop suddenly; your doctor will lower the dose slowly to avoid withdrawal symptoms.
- Seek help at once if you have thoughts of self-harm.
- Tell your doctor about all other medicines, including pain killers and herbal remedies such as St John's wort.
Substitutes
Same salts in the same strength from other makers. Only switch brands on your doctor's or pharmacist's advice; our pharmacist checks every order against the prescription.
Same salts, other strengths or forms
Fact box
- Chemical class
- Naphthylamine derivative
- Therapeutic class
- Neuro-psychiatry / antidepressant
- Action class
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)
- Habit forming
- No
- Prescription
- Required
Interactions with other medicines
Tell your doctor and pharmacist about every medicine, vitamin and herbal product you take.
| Medicine | What can happen |
|---|---|
| MAO inhibitors (including linezolid and selegiline) | Risk of serious serotonin syndrome — must not be taken together |
| Pimozide | Raised pimozide levels and heart rhythm risk — must not be taken together |
| NSAIDs, aspirin, warfarin and other blood thinners | Higher risk of bleeding |
| Tramadol, triptans and other serotonin-raising medicines | Higher risk of serotonin syndrome |
This page is general information to help you understand your medicine. It is not a substitute for advice from your doctor or pharmacist. Do not start, stop or change a medicine on your own.
Written by the Asthra Health Care team from the approved prescribing information (Sertraline prescribing information (CDSCO-approved labelling); US FDA boxed warning: antidepressants and suicidality; NICE BNF: sertraline). Pharmacist review pending.