It is important that a drug interaction review is performed by a physician or pharmacist any time a new medication (prescription or over-the-counter drug, vitamin, or herbal product) is taken while also taking antidepressant therapy. Examples of drugs that may cause serotonin syndrome include:...
One of the most serious side effects is that it can make you more likely to have seizures, so if you have a seizure disorder or risk factors for seizures, you may not be able to take bupropion. The higher-dose, immediate-release version seems to cause this side effect more than lower-...
MAOI overdose can cause: Severely high fever Seizures Depression (slowing down) of the: Central nervous system Respiratory system Cardiac system Rigid muscles Involuntary twitching (myoclonus) Mania and hypomania More research is needed but there are reports that some people who use antidepressants may...
However, bupropion is known to have a dose-dependent increased risk of seizures that is also higher with immediate-release as compared with sustained-release.59 Thus, misuse of high doses, or by routes that allow for much greater, more rapid bioavailability and higher peak plasma levels, would...
Withdrawal can also happen withother psychotropic drugssuch as benzodiazepines (used to treat insomnia and seizures), nicotine and caffeine. What are the symptoms? Since antidepressants affect multipleorgan systems, there's an array of potential withdrawal symptoms they can cause—both emotional and phy...
Bupropion's most serious side effect is dose-dependent seizures, so that the highest recommended doses are 450 and 400 mg/day for the immediate release (IR) and sustained release (SR) formulations, respectively. Other adverse effects include restlessness, activation, tremors, insomnia, and nausea...
perfect, no. It’s not perfect. My 11 year old has severe OCD as well, like her grandmother. But it’s the best we have right now. There’s research going on right now and maybe in my daughters lifetime they will find out the mechanisms that cause it and have even better ...
epilepsy and Fragile X syndrome. Pharmacodynamic assessments indicate that Ganaxolone functions as a selective positive allosteric modulator of the GABAA receptor. When administered to animals, Ganaxolone yields antiepileptic and anxiolytic effects whereby it respectively protects against seizures and reduces anx...
The simultaneous use of maprotiline and desmopressin may result in a general increase in water retention in the body, which may, in turn, lead to the development of the pathological condition of hyponatremia. In severe cases, this condition can result in life-threatening seizures, coma, or dea...
However, bupropion is known to have a dose-dependent increased risk of seizures that is also higher with immediate-release as compared with sustained-release.59 Thus, misuse of high doses, or by routes that allow for much greater, more rapid bioavailability and higher peak plasma levels, would...