Paxil - CR Advise.?!


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Paxil - CR Advise.?

I've been prescribed Paxil CR 12.5. Any advise would be wonderful. I have been on Anything and Everything.
I plan to become pregnant in a couple of months (hopefully) and would not want this to effect me in anyway.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated. God Bless!!


Answers:

Paxil is a serotonin reuptake inhibitor which means that this drug keeps the neurotransmiters to stay in the synasis b/n 2 nerve cells longer.

You mentioned that you've been on anything and everything. I wish you can be more specific about it. For antidepressants to work, you have to give it a long trial period before deciding whether it works or not. If you have recurring depressions, then you should stay on the medication for a much longer time period.

Paxil is consider class-c when it comes to pregancy. The study is done on animal and it might but not an absolute answer that it might cause some problem. But human studies are inconclusive. Basically it boils down to the benefit vs risk ratio. In your situation I would think the benefit out weight the risk. Let's say if there is a 1000 women who are like you while not on any medication vs. 1000 women who are totally healthy, which group do you think will have a higher probability of having a totally health baby? So if a 1000 women who are like you while on paxil vs. 1000 women who are totally healthy, which group would have more totally health baby? Then can you credit the difference b/c of the medication or it is just the fact that your genetics is different.

Do a Yahoo search for 'Paxil & pregnancy' and you will find more articles that you can read up on your own.




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