Some medications used to treat restless legs syndrome and Parkinson’s Disease can produce a new onset sudden urge to gamble.
Trazodone is an old Rx for depression but commonly used as an off-label sleeping pill. It can cause a painful prolonged erection.
By the way, despite its common use for sleep, there is no good evidence to support that it promotes good sleep. This is contrast to 15 years of medical lure.
Effexor, if stopped suddenly, causes severe dizziness and odd electrical feelings in the head.
All SSRI ( prozac, zoloft, paxil etc.) can cause very strong dreams; the usual adjectives are ‘vivid’ and ‘weird’.
Speaking of SSRI Rx, patients tell me these Rx are becoming the new ‘party drug’. They prolong the time to achieve an orgasm; they are sometimes given for premature ejaculation. Apparently some men are taking before sex to make themselves last longer.
Pharmacologically sound but rather silly. Don’t try this at home, boys.
Speaking of odd male sexual side effects, Straterra, a medication used to treat adult ADD, can sometimes cause spontaneous orgasms while urinating, or retrograde ejaculation (during orgasm, the ejaculate goes up into the bladder).
Saint John’sWort lowers the effects of birth control pills. Women taking both often become pregnant. Now they are really depressed.
Depakote, used to treat migraines, seizures, and bipolar disorders, can cause hair loss. If you drink alcohol on it, it could kill you.
Drinking grapefruit juice with Xanax can double its effect by raising the tranquilizer level in the blood stream. Don’t try this at home kids.
Remeron, a medicine for depression, is very sedating at lower doses but when it is raised it often becomes so stimulating people can’t fall asleep.
Ambien is a sleeping pill. Many folks sleep walk while taking it. They can do other things like prepare food, eat, and call people only to not remember doing so the next day “Hey! Whose been in this kitchen?”
Risperdal, taken for all sorts of reasons these days, can induce lactation in both women and men. Nothing like a call from a man informing me he is producing milk.
Kava Kava as a tonic for anxiety was spoiled when greedy manufacturers started grinding up the whole plant to stretch the profits. The root is therapeutic; the plant itself is toxic. People were developing liver damage taking this supplement.
Topamax is used to treat migraines. However it is nicknamed “dopamax’ given all its potential awful side effects, including sedation and kidney stones. However, as people tend to loose weight on it, it is usually patient’s choice. Go figure.
Some medications used to treat restless legs syndrome and Parkinson’s Disease can produce a new onset sudden urge to gamble.
Trazodone is an old Rx for depression but commonly used as an off-label sleeping pill. It can cause a painful prolonged erection.
By the way, despite its common use for sleep, there is no good evidence to support that it promotes good sleep. This is contrast to 15 years of medical lure.
Effexor, if stopped suddenly, causes severe dizziness and odd electrical feelings in the head.
All SSRI ( prozac, zoloft, paxil etc.) can cause very strong dreams; the usual adjectives are ‘vivid’ and ‘weird’.
Speaking of SSRI Rx, patients tell me these Rx are becoming the new ‘party drug’. They prolong the time to achieve an orgasm; they are sometimes given for premature ejaculation. Apparently some men are taking before sex to make themselves last longer.
Pharmacologically sound but rather silly. Don’t try this at home, boys.
Speaking of odd male sexual side effects, Straterra, a medication used to treat adult ADD, can sometimes cause spontaneous orgasms while urinating, or retrograde ejaculation (during orgasm, the ejaculate goes up into the bladder).
Saint John’sWort lowers the effects of birth control pills. Women taking both often become pregnant. Now they are really depressed.
Depakote, used to treat migraines, seizures, and bipolar disorders, can cause hair loss. If you drink alcohol on it, it could kill you.
Drinking grapefruit juice with Xanax can double its effect by raising the tranquilizer level in the blood stream. Don’t try this at home kids.
Remeron, a medicine for depression, is very sedating at lower doses but when it is raised it often becomes so stimulating people can’t fall asleep.
Ambien is a sleeping pill. Many folks sleep walk while taking it. They can do other things like prepare food, eat, and call people only to not remember doing so the next day “Hey! Whose been in this kitchen?”
Risperdal, taken for all sorts of reasons these days, can induce lactation in both women and men. Nothing like a call from a man informing me he is producing milk.
Kava Kava as a tonic for anxiety was spoiled when greedy manufacturers started grinding up the whole plant to stretch the profits. The root is therapeutic; the plant itself is toxic. People were developing liver damage taking this supplement.
Topamax is used to treat migraines. However it is nicknamed “dopamax’ given all its potential awful side effects, including sedation and kidney stones. However, as people tend to loose weight on it, it is usually patient’s choice. Go figure.