There are many kinds of antidepressants, tricyclic antidepressants and tetracyclic antidepressants have obvious effects, but they have great side effects, which will have a great impact on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems, digestive systems and endocrine systems.
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The most prominent symptoms are digestive tract symptoms, nausea, vomiting, dry mouth and constipation. Cardiovascular symptoms are arrhythmia and various ECG changes; And liver and kidney function damage, and is rarely used at present.
New antidepressants developed in recent years, such as fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline, fluvoxamine, escitalopram oxalate, citalopram, mirtazapine, venlafaxine and other antidepressants, have the main side effects of digestive tract symptoms, such as dry mouth, constipation and diarrhea. Very few patients may have cardiovascular symptoms.
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Antidepressants have good efficacy, good tolerance and little side effects, but some people may have gastrointestinal reactions within 1-2 weeks of early medication, such as nausea, dry mouth or diarrhea, anorexia and so on. If the dosage is adjusted, these symptoms may be relieved after half a month. Or the patient may aggravate the symptoms of headache, insomnia and anxiety, so the drug should be adjusted.
Antidepressants generally do not produce dependence or addiction, because there are problems with neurotransmitters and neurotransmitters in the central nervous system of patients. Due to lack, drug withdrawal may occur after drug withdrawal.
Then the treatment needs thorough treatment, gradually reduce the drug, and can't stop the drug suddenly. Others suggest that taking antidepressants will make you fat. Does it contain hormones? In fact, it does not contain hormones, which may be caused by the improvement of sleep, not drugs.
Since the 1960s, there have been many antidepressants with different side effects. Taking the mainstream selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors as an example, the common side effects are divided into initial and long-term ones.
The initial side effects will generally focus on the digestive tract, such as nausea, aversion to eating, abdominal distension, diarrhea and other digestive tract symptoms. Some people will have headaches, dizziness and lethargy, while others will have insomnia, temporary anxiety and irritability, such as restlessness, upset, tension and panic.
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Most of the initial adverse reactions will gradually improve with the progress of treatment, and then turn chronic after the symptoms improve. Most antidepressants in chronic phase may affect liver function and metabolism, such as abnormal blood sugar or blood lipid. Some antidepressants have a good effect on improving appetite, but they may lead to weight gain.