MIRTAZAPINE

Course overview

MIRTAZAPINE IS AN ATYPICAL ANTIDEPRESSANT AND IS USED PRIMARILY FOR THE TREATMENT OF A MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER. THE DRUG HAS SEDATIVE, ANTIEMETIC, ANXIOLYTIC, AND APPETITE STIMULANT EFFECTS, WHICH EXPLAINS ITS OFF-LABEL USE FOR INSOMNIA, PANIC DISORDER, POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER, GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER, SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER, HEADACHES, AND MIGRAINES. THIS ACTIVITY WILL HIGHLIGHT THE MECHANISM OF ACTION, ADVERSE EVENT PROFILE, PHARMACOLOGY, MONITORING, AND RELEVANT INTERACTIONS OF MIRTAZAPINE, PERTINENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN TREATING PATIENTS WITH FUNGAL INFECTIONS WHERE IT IS OF CLINICAL VALUE.