What are the side effects of paroxetine 40mg and should i be taking this medication?

Question

What are the side effects of paroxetine 40mg and should i be taking this medication?

Answer 1

Im currently on this. The side effects are only present the irst few weeeks while your system gets used to it. These include drowsiness, deminished sexual drive, and others..but arent harmful. If you have been prescribed paroxetine, you should be taking it.

Most common

    * Weight loss or gain

    * Headache

    * Nausea

    * Dry mouth

    * Increased sweating

    * Drowsiness/Somnolence or Insomnia

    * Increased or decreased appetite

    * Constipation or diarrhea

    * Inability to achieve o****m

    * Partial or complete loss of libido (sexual desire)

    * Erectile dysfunction

    * Tremor

    * Vertigo/Dizziness/Motion sickness

Less common

Check with your doctor if these continue or are bothersome.

    * Increased feelings of depression and anxiety (initially)

    * Apathy

    * Loss of empathy

    * Flattening of emotional response

    * Nocturnal salivation

    * Nocturnal bruxism (teeth grinding)

    * Pupil dilation

    * Asthenia or muscle weakness

    * Muscle ache

    * Pruritis

    * Rash

    * Nightmares or change in dreams

    * Change in sense of taste

Here is a good info page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroxetine