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drug_recall paxilThere are several potential side effects that can occur when quitting Paxil. According to some research, adverse effects from quitting Paxil affect four to ten percent of all patients. More commonly, patients will experience flu-like symptoms and other minor discomforts when quitting Paxil. The severe withdrawal symptoms that accompany quitting Paxil have been the subject of recent lawsuits. In one California lawsuit Paxil''s maker, GlaxoSmithKline, was charged with failing to warn the public about the serious dangers of quitting Paxil.
Paxil is a prescription drug that was approved by the FDA in 1993 to treat depression, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, panic disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, and post traumatic stress disorder. Paxil has been prescribed to over 70 million people in the last decade and rakes in about three billion dollars in revenue annually.
Paxil is one drug in the class of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs). These drugs act on the serotonin receptors in the brain, changing the physical properties of certain brain cells. Paxil is the SSRI with the shortest half life; meaning that the body breaks Paxil down the faster than other drugs of its kind. When quitting Paxil the levels of this drug in the body sharply decline, which can trigger adverse physical symptoms.
When quitting Paxil there are a number of serious adverse health symptoms that a patient can experience. These symptoms of quitting Paxil can range from mild discomfort to suicidal thoughts and extremely painful physical sensations. Ill effects of quitting Paxil can last anywhere from a few days to several months.
Severe physical withdrawal symptoms that can occur when quitting Paxil include: dizziness, abnormal dreams, agitation, nausea, profuse sweating, insomnia, internal feelings of being electrically shocked (or zapped) from head to toe, headaches, slurred speech, motor problems, and akathisia. Akathisia is the intense feeling of motor restlessness that causes intense anxiety and the inability to sit still. Adverse cognitive symptoms that can accompany quitting Paxil include: extreme confusion, intense anxiety, severe mood swings, and agitation.
Quitting Paxil has been associated with causing aggressive, suicidal and violent behavior in some patients. This is thought by medical experts to occur (in part) as a response to the extreme adverse withdrawal symptoms that can come with quitting Paxil. Quitting Paxil has also been shown to cause mania, cause or worsen depression, and induce obsessions and compulsions in patients. These symptoms may also be experienced while actively taking Paxil, rather than just when quitting Paxil.
Quitting Paxil should be discussed with a medical professional prior to any changes in your medication regiment. GlaxoSmithKline recognize the potential for serious withdrawal symptoms from quitting Paxil and urge patients to slowly decrease their Paxil dosage in order to avoid the ill effects of quitting Paxil. If you experience any adverse reaction when quitting Paxil you should contact your doctor immediately.
Use of the anti-depressant drug Paxil during pregnancy has been linked to a very serious birth defect in infants - PPHN<...
The manufacturer of the popular antidepressant Paxil is facing yet another lawsuit filed by a South Carolina couple who claim the drug directly caused their daughter to suffer a birth defect.
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Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline PLC is facing two new lawsuits that allege their popular antidepressant drug, Paxil, causes serious birth defects including heart abnormalities and deaths when used during pregnancy.
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