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Reviewer: Kevin, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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The side effect of breast tenderness and lumps is painful and apparently no cure accept to surgically gave them removed.
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Reviewer: leeann, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Have been taking 50mg. of Doxepin every night for about a month. I can fall asleep easily, but only stay asleep for about an hour, the rest of the night is spent tossing and turning.
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Took for insomnia. It wired me to the teeth. Paradoxical response.
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Reviewer: mawzee, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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i have been having trouble sleeing for many years. started taking a sleeping pill did not work, dr. started me on doxepin along with my sleeping pill and i have been getting any where from 5 to 8 hours of slee,so far no side affects.
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Reviewer: 55-64 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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Taking 10 mgs w/2 mgs klonapin. Usually sleep thru the night now after about 5 years of "airplane sleeping" i.e. fall asleep out of sheer exhaustion for 2 hours, then awake for two hours, nap on and off 3 or 4 hours. Haven't tried it w/o the klonapin but have tried klonapin w/o doxapin and get about 4 -5 hours of pretty restless sleep. So it's good. I sleep about 8 hours a ni
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