Dosing

Dosage in Patients with MDD, OCD, PD, PTSD, and SAD
The recommended initial dosage and maximum SERTRALINE dosage in patients with MDD, OCD, PD, PTSD, and SAD are displayed in Table 1 below. A dosage of 25 mg or 50 mg per day is the initial therapeutic dosage.
For adults and pediatric patients, subsequent dosages may be increased in case of an inadequate response in 25 to 50 mg per day increments once a week, depending on tolerability, up to a maximum of 200 mg per day. Given the 24-hour elimination half-life of SERTRALINE, the recommended interval between dose changes is one week.