warned me about starting treatment because I have been on and off anti-depressants for years. Can anyone recommend a liver friendly one that works well with the combination therapy?
re describing is a combination colon/liver cleanse. Milk thistle and yellowdock, for example, are liver cleansers, and could theoretically wash some of the medication out of our system, as the body sees virtually all medication as toxic. There are colon cleanses that don't contain liver cleansing herbs, just colon cleansers, which are abrasives and sometimes laxatives that are intended to clean out that system. You might want to look into those next time.
i don't think it has to do with liver...more so the effects of the drug. if your doc said it was ok...then it's probably ok. you don't want to over do it though. in my experience...it doesn't take nearly as much to get me drunk being on anti-depressants. but i also don't drink very often at all. you might consider slowing down the alcohol use on the weekends and only do it when you want to do it...not when others want you to. if you have anxiety issues...
On anti-depressants I think there's quite a few that are "liver friendly" I was prescribed Zoloft a long time ago. I never took it long enough for it to kick in but I've also been offered Paxil, but I personally rejected that offer. Depression is quite common with HepC so I'm sure there's no shortage of very effective one's that are safe. Also there are some types of Amino-Acids that work fairly well for depression.
I havé been on zoloft for 11 years ! I am doing ok on it untll i started to havé serious and disturbing night sweats and stressfull dreams . As well as bad liver blood exams . I was told that m'y liver is getting intoxicated with thé zoloft . This scared me so i reduced from 50 to 25 Mgs per day , thé withdrawals are a little hard. Iwould plan on reducing it more ! I am afraid all together as this drug changed m'y life and made me feel so much better .
Lots of people have read about grapefruit and hep c and are trying it but I also know a lot of people on tx or getting ready to tx are using the anti- depressant Zoloft . Zoloft is one of the drugs that can cause big danger to the liver if used with grapefruit. There are others too but this one is especially common to people on interferon/riba. I sure don't want anyone to make this mistake. There are anti depressants that are safe with grapefruit-Celexa is one of them.
I've been on Zoloft for 7 years , 150 mg down to 100 now, I take only 50mg sometimes, lately I have been getting these sudden feel of pure sickness like low blood pressure nausea and I was curious if Zoloft is toxic if you have to much in your body ? Like if I take 100 mg a day where does it all go for the 7 years? I've read about it and it freaks me out. Also not sleeping right or eating it drinking enough fluids can make you feel faint and nauseous right ? I just need reassurance.
I started on Zoloft last week, the same time I started treatment. I decided that with the big possibility that you can get major depressed while on treatment, and all of the warnings about suicidal tendencies, etc, I wasn't going to take any chances. I was just diagnosed in Nov 2007. Think mine has been around close to 40 years.
Cymbalta and Zoloft are two different types of AD's. Cymbalta is a SNRi and Zoloft is a SSRi. I had very bad withdraw when I stopped Zoloft. So my Dr. had me wean off it. From experience ( 2 x's I had to stop taking Zoloft ) I would HIGHLY recommend slowly getting off the Zoloft. I don't think that it can be 'switched'.
t speak for everyone, but I did drink very often and in excess back when I was taking Zoloft. I started Zoloft when I was 22 because I became sick with depression and anxiety. Obviously being 22 years old and in the party stage of my life I did drink.
I was taking 200Mgs a day of Zoloft at the time for about 4 years. (I'm on other meds now as Zoloft, actually very few antidepressant work for me anymore)
In my case I did not have any bad reaction to alcohol while on Zoloft.
Does Tramadol have as much SSRI in it as Zoloft? Does 100mg of Tramadol have as much SSRI as say 50mg of Zoloft? I was taking Tramadol while I was going through Zoloft withdrawal and I'm just wondering if I stunted the healing process of my Zoloft withdrawal. My body and mind still don't feel 100% since quitting Zoloft, but it's definitely getting better.
Hey everyone i'm going to go nuts! I am tapering off of zoloft right now, because I don't think it is really doing much and I been so depressed ever since taking it for panic and anxiety. Anyway I was thinking about trying Valerian or Kava Kava any suggestions? Which one is best?
I know my liver is in danger especially since I was on a dose of 8 10/325mg Norcos a day for about a year. I'm off of the Norco now because I do not have chronic pain at the moment due to a temporary fix. But it is likely that I will be back on opiate pain medicine again. So it's bad that I'm taking that much Tylenol. Normally when I do not take anything to sleep it takes about 2 hours to fall asleep.
Hi I have recently as in 14 weeks completed 24 weeks of Pegasys treatment and about half way through treatment Ichanged ADs from Zoloft to Avanza as zoloft wasnt agreeing with me. About this time my GGTS went higher than they have ever been (up from nornal to about 300) and dragged the ALTs and ASTs with them and stayed at that high level. I am having a blood test next week to see if they are back to normal. My medical team wasnt sure what caused the rise.
My Grammy passed from a major stroke in July and since then my anxiety has sky rocketed. Every day I am in constant worry and fear about my health. I've gone to the doctors and have had a CBC done and my liver and kidneys were tested as well, all came out well. But I've just felt so crappy and have lost my appetite. I have Zoloft but haven't started it yet, I really should though. Is it normal that my anxiety has increased since her passing?
I was actually advised not to eat grapefruit while on Zoloft. As Sharejew said, it does interact with SSRIs like Zoloft. In fact, depending on what pharmacy I used to get refills, there would be stickers on the medication bottle stating not to consume any grapefruit products....furthermore, both my pharmacist and doctor told me to stay away from grapefruit. I am not really sure why your pharmacist gave you the advice he/she did...keep us posted.
He basically said this was all anxiety still, and thought I really needed to be on a daily medication instead of just taking ativan when it got really bad. He prescribed me zoloft 100mg, but suggested I start with 50mg to try and lessen the side effects. I have not taken it yet as I am anxious about taking it (of course). I am really just curious as what to expect when starting this. It is supposed to have fewer side effects than the paxil.
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