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To: Hacklehead

Side effects of Paxil

Most common
Weight loss or gain (most often gain rather than loss)
Headache
Nausea
Dry mouth
Increased sweating
Drowsiness/Somnolence or Insomnia
Increased or decreased appetite
Constipation or diarrhea
Inability to achieve orgasm
Partial or complete loss of libido (sexual desire)
Erectile dysfunction
Tremor
Vertigo/Dizziness/Motion sickness

[edit] Less common
Check with your doctor if these continue or are bothersome.

Increased feelings of depression and anxiety (initially)
Apathy
Loss of empathy
Flattening of emotional response
Nocturnal salivation
Nocturnal bruxism (teeth grinding)
Pupil dilation
Asthenia or muscle weakness
Muscle ache
Pruritis
Rash
Nightmares or change in dreams
Change in sense of taste

[edit] Rare
See your doctor if you have any of these symptoms.

Myoclonus (involuntary muscle twitching)
Sodium depletion
Severe restlessness or akathisia
Uncharacteristic levels of aggression (especially in children and teens)
Uncharacteristic risk taking

[edit] Very rare but serious
Suicidal ideation and Suicide
Serotonin syndrome
Bipolar mania or hypomania
Schizophrenia (unverified)
Jaw, neck, and back muscle spasms
Fever, chills, sore throat, or flu-like symptoms
Yellowing of the skin or eyes (Jaundice)
Black, tarry stools (this can indicate upper GI bleeding)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxil#Side_effects


16 posted on 08/14/2007 7:32:18 AM PDT by AmericanMade1776 ( my opinions do not represent the opinions of the management at Free Republic, they are mine alone.)
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To: AmericanMade1776

Side effects of Paxil

Most common
Weight loss or gain (most often gain rather than loss)
Headache
Nausea
Dry mouth
Increased sweating
Drowsiness/Somnolence or Insomnia
Increased or decreased appetite
Constipation or diarrhea
Inability to achieve orgasm
Partial or complete loss of libido (sexual desire)
Erectile dysfunction
Tremor
Vertigo/Dizziness/Motion sickness

In other words, Paxil turns you into this:

Isn't it easier to just post a pic? :O)

41 posted on 08/14/2007 7:49:34 AM PDT by jdm
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To: AmericanMade1776
You are so right on all this.
Have had a family member take her own life while taking these drugs. 4 months after she died, they put out a warning on these drugs, could cause suicidal tendencies in children up to 18. She was 31.
A group of parents went before Congress to talk about their college age kids who had killed themselves on these drugs and they weren’t suicidal. Seems college life was stressful and they were prescribe an antidepressant, hell, they started jumping off balconies and killing other then themselves.
It is a shame and you know what is behind it.
GREED!!!!!!!!!
53 posted on 08/14/2007 8:02:01 AM PDT by sweetiepiezer (Part of the RIGHT-Wing Machine.)
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