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Mirtazapine
Pronounced meer-TAZ-ah-peen
Brand names: Remeron
Type: Atypical antidepressant · All Mental Health Medicines
What Mirtazapine is used for
- Depression
- Poor appetite and insomnia in depressed patients, on clinician judgment
◆ Kidney note
Cleared more slowly in kidney impairment — used cautiously at lower amounts.
Common side effects
- Drowsiness
- Increased appetite and weight gain
- Dry mouth
- Constipation
- Dizziness
Important cautions
- Strongly sedating, especially at lower amounts — caution with alcohol and other sedatives
- Antidepressants carry a warning about increased suicidal thoughts in young people — watch for sudden mood changes when starting
How it comes
Tablets, dissolving tablets. This guide lists forms only — it never lists strengths or doses.
Related medicines — Mental Health Medicines
Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.