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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
Serezone
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD) , bipolar disorder , dementia , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) , learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) , panic , personality disorders, phobias , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , schizophrenia , stress , transitions, and work problems.
Serezone
by Dodge38, Dec 26, 2001 12:00AM
I was taking Serezone for depression, 200mg twice daily. For the past two years. Six months ago I decided things in my life had changed and were better. I slowly went down in mgs. until i was down to 50 mgs. Slowly weaned.
I recently was watching television and saw a commericial for Serezone and the side effects, liver damage. Can Serezone cause this? If so what are the syptoms (symptoms)? What test are required to find out if this has happened?
Any info you can respond with is greatly apperciated.
I recently was watching television and saw a commericial for Serezone and the side effects, liver damage. Can Serezone cause this? If so what are the syptoms (symptoms)? What test are required to find out if this has happened?
Any info you can respond with is greatly apperciated.
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Dec 26, 2001 12:00AM
, Dec 26, 2001 12:00AM
If you are concerned, ask your doctor for a liver profile. It is simple, inexpensive, and will answer your questions. If you don't have any serious symptoms now, the chances are very great that you have no problem. But make yourself comfortable with this test.
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I heard they are advertising on TV that if you have been taking this drug and are having symptoms to call this Lowers office. I myself have not seen the commercial yet. But something is not right with mt digestive tract. I', now on propranolol, Zoloft and clorazapam. Is it the new drugs causing this? Or the serzon that has damages me?