Hang onto that rope. We don't want you to fall off.
Among the listed side effects of Pristiq on drugs.com is "hot flushes." It is down at the bottom of the list, but it's there. Here is the chart (scroll down until you see it):
Depending on your dose, either 1 or 2 percent of people taking Pristiq report this reaction. That may not seem like very many people until you think about it this way: If one doctor has 100 patients on this medicine, 1 or 2 of them will have this side effect. If there are 100 doctors in a city with 100 patients each on this medicine, that's 100-200 people experiencing it right there. And we know that there are thousands and thousands of people who take this medicine.
Please call your doctor today. Make an appointment and tell her or him that you cannot bear this side effect any longer. Ask to be switched to another anti-depressant. Your doctor will probably want to wean you off the Pristiq and wean you onto the new medicine, so it may take you a few weeks to get totally switched over, but it sounds like it would be worth it. And there are many, many anti-depressants out there; the key is finding the one that helps you WITHOUT the side effects. OK?
Will you call your doctor today, and will you come back and let us know what happens?
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Anon,
Hang onto that rope. We don't want you to fall off.
Among the listed side effects of Pristiq on drugs.com is "hot flushes." It is down at the bottom of the list, but it's there. Here is the chart (scroll down until you see it):
http://www.drugs.com/sfx/pristiq-side-effects.html
Depending on your dose, either 1 or 2 percent of people taking Pristiq report this reaction. That may not seem like very many people until you think about it this way: If one doctor has 100 patients on this medicine, 1 or 2 of them will have this side effect. If there are 100 doctors in a city with 100 patients each on this medicine, that's 100-200 people experiencing it right there. And we know that there are thousands and thousands of people who take this medicine.
Please call your doctor today. Make an appointment and tell her or him that you cannot bear this side effect any longer. Ask to be switched to another anti-depressant. Your doctor will probably want to wean you off the Pristiq and wean you onto the new medicine, so it may take you a few weeks to get totally switched over, but it sounds like it would be worth it. And there are many, many anti-depressants out there; the key is finding the one that helps you WITHOUT the side effects. OK?
Will you call your doctor today, and will you come back and let us know what happens?
February 11, 2010 - 9:33amThis Comment
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