The most common side effects associated with discontinuation of sertraline treatment at an incidence at least twice that for placebo and at least 1% for sertraline in clinical trials included abdominal pain, agitation, diarrhea, dizziness, dry mouth, dyspepsia, ejaculation failure, fatigue, headache, ...
sertraline (Zoloft), paroxetine (Paxil, Paxil CR), escitalopram (Lexapro), fluvoxamine, and citalopram (Celexa). How do SSRIs work? The antidepressant action of SSRIs is not thoroughly understood but is possibly due to the ability of SSRIs to block the uptake of serotonin, thereby providing ...
At least 15 instances of serotonin syndrome have been reported in patients using this drug with citalopram, sertraline, venlafaxine, fluoxetine, or paroxetine; other concurrent drugs and/or comorbidities may have contributed to the development of serotonin syndrome. The time from the onset of therapy...
or SSRI's, are popular drugs that treat depression by increasing the amount of a neurotransmitter called serotonin in the brain. But when a common SSRI known as sertraline is taken by women during pregnancy, there is a small risk that it can have adverse side effects on children's developmen...
PRS for headaches were associated with headaches from sertraline. Insomnia PRS showed some evidence of predicting insomnia from amitriptyline and escitalopram. Our results suggest a set of common factors underlying the risk for antidepressant side effects. These factors seem to be, at least in part,...
Theselective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)are the most commonly prescribed drugs for panic today and offer fewer side effects than thetricyclic antidepressants. These includefluoxetine (Prozac),fluvoxamine (Luvox),sertraline (Zoloft),paroxetine (Paxil),citalopram (Celexa)andescitalopram (Lexapro)....
The FDA has approved only paroxetine and sertraline fortreating PTSD. Because people respond differently to medications, and not everyone's PTSD is the same, your doctor may prescribe other medicines "off-label," too. (That means the manufacturer didn't ask the FDA to review studies of the ...
[...]e.g. Sertraline (Meaning: an antidepressant which exhibits selectivity for the blockage of serotonin reuptake) or fluoxetine (Meaning: the first highly specific serotonin uptake inhibitor used as an antidepressant and often has a more acceptable side-effects profile than traditional antidepressants...
Sertraline (Zoloft) What else you should know about SSRIs: SSRIs may make it easier to engage in psychotherapy and other wellness activities They may help improve other symptoms of anxiety, including headaches and sleep disturbances Initial side effects typically disappear after four to eight weeks ...
New evidence comparing weight gain under eight different first-line antidepressants finds that bupropion users are 15–20% less likely to gain a clinically significant amount of weight than users of sertraline, the most common medication. The findings are published July 2 inAnnals of Internal Medicin...