Lustral 50 mg Sertraline 30 Tablets Lustral is a drug known by the scientific name Citralin, which is the active substance in its composition, and is used in psychiatry to treat various disorders. Lustral is known by several other alternative names, such as Zoloftocitrallosertraline.
Lustral is one of the most important antidepressants produced by Spimaco or the Saudi Pharmaceutical Industries.
Lostralin medication consists of the active substance sertraline, a substance belonging to the family of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, which increases the secretion of serotonin in the cells of the nervous system, which in turn plays a role in maintaining mental balance and thus improving mood and treating depression.
Sertraline is one of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; These medications are used to treat depression and/or anxiety disorders.
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Indications:
Reasons for using Lustral
- Lustral is used to treat depression.
- It is also used in the treatment of some cases of eating disorders and alcoholism.
- Luster is also used to treat panic disorder.
- It is also useful for treating traumatic disorders.
- Lustral is used to treat anxiety and stress in a boy.
- It is the indications for the use of drug Lustral treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Lustral is also used to treat social phobia caused when interacting with others.
- It is also used to treat symptoms of depression that occur before menstruation.
How to use Sertraline:
- The recommended dose is:
- grown ups:
- Depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder
- For depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder, the usual effective dose is 50 mg/day. The daily dose may be increased in 50 mg increments and at intervals of not less than 1 week over a period of weeks.
- The maximum recommended dose is 200 mg/day.
- Panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder:
- For panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder, treatment should begin at 25 mg/day, and increase to 50 mg/day after a week.
- The daily dose can then be increased in increments of 50 mg over a period of weeks. The maximum recommended dose is 200 mg/day.
- Use in children and adolescents:
- Sertraline should only be used to treat children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder between the ages of 6 and 17 years.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder:
- children:
- From 6 to 12 years of age: The recommended starting dose is 25 mg daily. After one week, your doctor may increase this to 50 mg per day. The maximum dose is 200 mg daily.
- Teens:
- 13-17 years old: The recommended starting dose is 50 mg daily.
Information about Lustral and its dosage
- There is Lustral in the form of tablets to be taken orally in different sizes, and it is available in the form of a pack of 25 mg, a pack of 50 mg and a pack of 100 mg, and it is also available in the form of a solution to be taken orally in a pack of 20 mg, and kept at room temperature and away from moisture and heat .
- And the doses prescribed by the doctor must be adhered to, as it is often at the beginning of 50 mg per day, and the dose may be increased until it reaches 200 mg.
- The full effects of taking the drug appear within a month of taking it, but noticeable improvement begins within two weeks of starting it.
- Taking Lustral is not related to eating. It can be taken with or without food. Also, Lustral should not be taken in larger doses than prescribed by the doctor or for a longer period of time than prescribed by the doctor.
- Also, Lustral should not be stopped suddenly. It should be gradually stopped even if the condition improves, which may cause withdrawal symptoms such as agitation, dizziness, headache, tremors, and inability to sleep.
- Also, Lustral should not be taken twice at a close time in the event that the required dose is forgotten. If the specified dose is forgotten at the scheduled time, the medicine should be taken immediately at the time of remembering, but if it is close to the time of the new dose, only the new dose should be taken.
