Ride the Storm: Navigating Through Unstable Periods / Katerina Rudko (Belka G...
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1. drugs [29,32]:
●Diarrhea occurs more often with sertraline
than bupropion, citalopram, fluoxetine,
fluvoxamine, mirtazapine, nefazodone,
paroxetine, and venlafaxine (16 versus 8
percent of patients)
●Nausea and vomiting occurs more often
with venlafaxine than SSRIs as a class (33
versus 22 percent)
●Sexual dysfunction occurs more often
with escitalopram, fluoxetine, paroxetine,
and sertraline than bupropion (16 versus 6
percent; paroxetine is especially
problematic)
●Somnolence occurs more often with
trazodone than bupropion, fluoxetine,
mirtazapine, paroxetine, and venlafaxine
(42 versus 25 percent)
●Weight gain is greater with mirtazapine
than fluoxetine, paroxetine, trazodone, and
venlafaxine (0.8 to 3.0 kg after six to eight
weeks of treatment)