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« on: April 09, 2012, 04:19:42 PM »
Has anyone been on Remeron (the generic is mirtazapine)? I overheard a doctor recommending it to another patient for increasing appetite. I wonder if it might be worth bringing up with my neph for doing the same.

If you've been on it, has it helped? Did you have any side effects?
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« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2012, 07:49:19 PM »
Remeron is a tetracyclic antidepressant. One of it's common side effects is to increase appetite. They were considering putting my SO on it as a mood stabilizer. It is used off label to treat anorexia and low appetite and underweightness. The transplant psychiatrist has considered it for my SO, so I assume it would be safe for someone on dialysis to use.
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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2012, 04:32:22 AM »
I was on Remeron for depression.  My doc told me to take it at bedtime because it might make me sleepy (it did).  It also must have increased my appetite because I would get up in the middle of the night and eat but wouldn't remember doing it the next morning.  Figured it out when I blamed my son fro leaving the kitchen in a mess a few times and he kept saying it wasn't him then one night he and a couple of friends came home at 2:00 AM and found me eating scrambled eggs!  :oops;
The Remeron also raised my Triglycerides, so if that's a problem for you you might want to look for another option.

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