We all know that depression comes with a price, its unfortunate, but a reality. What you might not know, even more unfortunate, is that antidepressants comes at an even higher price. This is your health and Big Pharma wants a piece of it, at any cost. They partnered up with your physician to make sure they are getting exactly what they want, your money. I say not so fast, first we need to play a minuscule game I call "Know Your Antidepressants".
There are so many types of antidepressants. First of all, some of the most beloved are Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, known as Ssri's. These go by such names as Lexapro, Cipralex, Prozac, Celexa, Luvox, Paxil, and Zoloft. They can interact with transcription factors known as "clock genes" which in turn may lead to drug addiction and maybe play a role in obesity.
Effexor Side Effects
We also have an additional one group of antidepressants known as Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors or Snri's. These are found by the names of Effexor, Cymbalta, Ixel, and Pristiq. You must be just with this group when you decree to stop use. You must taper yourself off gradually as to avoid going into withdrawal syndrome.
There is also two other groups known as NaSsa's and Nri's which carry a line of drugs with names such as Remeron, Avanza, Zispin, Tolvon, Vivalin Mazanor, Sanorex, Edronax, and Strattera. Then we have a couple of other groups Ndri's, norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitors and Ssre's, which is Selective serotonin reuptake enhancers. These groups carry names such as Wellbutrin, Zyban, Valdoxan, Melitor, Thymanax, Tatinol, Stablon, and Coaxil. Holy cow, that's a lot of names, breathe in breathe out. Which is which? That's a good question. Why are there so many? Who thinks up all these names anyhow? There's more, I didn't even mention Tca's, Tricyclic antidepressants, and there are at least a dozen of those.
This is quite a list, every drug listed here is a cash cow for Big Pharma and keeps the money flowing through their never ending pipeline of profits. Yes, profits....that's why there are so many! Just in case you're a minuscule confused or should I say depressed on which one of these drugs you think you should be taking, don't worry your physician will pick a special pill out just for you.
So far, all I did was name names, I haven't even mentioned their "side effects" yet. I'll be brief, there are many like, nausea, vomiting, headaches, diarrhea, agitation, and sexual problems such as loss of libido, erectile dysfunction, unable to orgasm, also, dry mouth, drowsiness, dizziness, blurred vision, skin rashes, did I mention sexual problems, weight gain, weight loss, tremors and even suicide. Those are just some of the most common. In rare cases you can suffer with heart attacks, stroke, seizures and hepatitis. Wow....this assuredly is depressing!
Since 2005, the most prescribed drug in the United States is antidepressants. This caused a unique turn over leaving some to wonder if this was a confident move towards ultimately getting that much needed help or was this just a clear sign that we are worse off than before and have now come to be too dependent on antidepressants. Do yourself a favor, before you do anything, go with natural remedies first. Why...because now you "Know Your Antidepressants".
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