Antidepressants can react badly with cold medicines (serotonin syndrome)

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Luvzminis

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Posted 12/20/2013 1:08 PM (GMT 0)

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2013/12/19/antidepressant-reacts-badly-with-cold-medicine-interaction-can-be-deadly/

Got this in an email today and thought I would share.

crazykitty

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Posted 12/20/2013 1:42 PM (GMT 0)

Thanks for sharing Luvs...a great reminder during cold and flu season. Many of us do take a SSRI or SNRI and need to be careful of the decongestants.

Have a great weekend :)
Hugs, Robin

diznyfrk

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Posted 12/20/2013 4:13 PM (GMT 0)

I've had serotinin syndrome before and it was not fun. Now, I am very careful.

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