Medication Side Effects

The Anatomy of a Medication Mess

Joe, I am 69 years old and live in San Francisco. I was on Prozac for over 20 years. In 2012, while on an African Safari, a trip of a lifetime, I noticed that I was disinterested and bored. Actually, I realized that I was depressed. I got a recommendation for a psychiatrist to get a new antidepressant. Here is a list of them that I've tried: Brintellix, Symbyax, Lamictal, Lexapro, Viibryd and Pristiq. Also in the past I tried [...]

2016-01-29T17:53:03+00:00
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Medication Side Effects – How Best To Handle

In a “perfect drug” scenario, medications would zero in on their intended target systems producing only desired, therapeutic effects, then metabolize and leave the body. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple, as medications act in a scatter-shot sort of way by finding unintended receptor targets – producing adverse, unwanted and undesirable effects as well. […]

2012-07-18T21:34:05+00:00
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