Anti-depressents - Side Effects
October 22nd 2009 05:47
The anti-depressant drugs have a wide range of side effects, and it is important to keep these in mind when they are being used.
Allergic reactions: severe itching, skin rashes, sensitivity to light.
Nervous system: fatigue, headache, lethargy and drowsiness may occur, and some anti-depressant drugs are highly sedative. Other drugs may cause insomnia, anxiety and decrease in libido. Other side-effects include twitching, tremors, inability to walk, convulsions, high body temperature (hyperthermia).
Heart and blood vessels: increase in the heart rate (tachycardia), disturbances in heart rhythm, decrease in blood pressure in the standing or erect posture, sudden and sustained high blood pressure if contain food stuff are taken at the same time (eg cheese, beans, buttermilk, curds, chocolate and soyabeans).
Behavioural problems: excitement, anxiety, excessive activity or elated mood (mania), hallucinations.
Others: Jaundice, swelling of feet, white blood cell abnormalities. Dryness of mouth, difficulty in urination, constipation, high body temperature, difficulty in vision.
Allergic reactions: severe itching, skin rashes, sensitivity to light.
Nervous system: fatigue, headache, lethargy and drowsiness may occur, and some anti-depressant drugs are highly sedative. Other drugs may cause insomnia, anxiety and decrease in libido. Other side-effects include twitching, tremors, inability to walk, convulsions, high body temperature (hyperthermia).
Heart and blood vessels: increase in the heart rate (tachycardia), disturbances in heart rhythm, decrease in blood pressure in the standing or erect posture, sudden and sustained high blood pressure if contain food stuff are taken at the same time (eg cheese, beans, buttermilk, curds, chocolate and soyabeans).
Behavioural problems: excitement, anxiety, excessive activity or elated mood (mania), hallucinations.
Others: Jaundice, swelling of feet, white blood cell abnormalities. Dryness of mouth, difficulty in urination, constipation, high body temperature, difficulty in vision.
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