Trazodone is an anti-depressant widely used to treat major depressive disorders. When taken, this medicine improves the appetite, mood as well as energy levels of the patient suffering from depression as these are the areas that get mostly affected. Also, this medicine helps in reducing the episodes of anxiety attacks as well as insomnia connected to depression.

Serotonin is the major component of Trazodone. Serotonin is a natural chemical in the brain that helps boost mood imbalance and restores the sleep/awake cycle – essential for a person’s mental and physical well-being. When the serotonin level in the body gets disrupted, depression comes along.

Taking Trazodone under such a situation certainly helps restore the ideal balance of serotonin in the body that automatically uplifts the mood and becomes a great help to deal with depression. The medicine is available in tablet form to be swallowed as whole or to be taken half based on the requirement, or the dosage doctor has recommended.

Here is the basic information about the drug in a nutshell that you need to know –

Drug – Trazodone

Generic Name – Trazodone

Brand Name- Trazodone, Desyrel, Desyrel Dividose, Oleptro

Drug Class – Phenylpiperazine Antidepressant

Dosage – Oral Tablet (50mg, 100mg, 150mg, 300mg)