Desvenlafaxine

Excerpt

Desvenlafaxine is an antidepressant that is an FDA-approved drug to treat major depressive disorder in adults. For healthy women who have contraindications to estrogen, desvenlafaxine can be used off-label to treat hot flashes during menopause. Although not FDA approved in adolescents, the TORDIA studies have shown that serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors like venlafaxine have efficacy in treating major depressive disorder in treatment-resistant depression in adolescents. This activity will highlight the mechanism of action, adverse event profile, off-label uses, dosing, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, monitoring, and relevant interactions of desvenlafaxine, pertinent for interprofessional team members during desvenlafaxine therapy.