Just so you guys know, mucinex interacts INCREDIBLY poorly with most antidepressants, especially Zoloft. It not only almost completely negates the effects of your antidepressant, it also has terrible effects on your body. (Frank wouldn’t even let me read all of them because he thought it would just scare me more, but he said do not take them together again)
I found a website where you can check for possible interactions with any medicine:
http://www.rxlist.com/drug-interaction-checker.htm
Sudafed seems to have fewer negative interactions with physiatrics, but it’s still a good idea to check.
Be safe this cold/flu season, my friends.
Thanks for posting this. I’ve always avoided mucinex b/c their commercials creep me out, so I’ve just been lucky to avoid it. Good to know I should actively avoid it for reasons beyond their commercials.
Always, always check your medication. Please stay safe everyone.
It’s not just Mucinex. It is ANY cold, flu, or cough medication with dextromethorphan in it. That’s pretty much any of those medications that have the DM abbreviation after it. It also doesn’t negate the effects of your antidepressant, it causes Dextromethorphan-induced serotonin syndrome. This causes anything from feeling like shit like you have the flu, with cold sweats and vomiting, to just being super anxious or foggy, all the way up to making you feel crazy fucking high and not in a good way. In a possibly hallucinate and feel suicidal kinda way.
But it depends entirely on what your antidepressant dose is and how much dextromethorphan you’re getting with the cold medicine. When you are on an antidepressant or something for ADHD or anything that’s altering your serotonin levels, you really have to ask a doctor before you take other drugs.
(Source: I’ve taken anxiety and antidepressants before and my dad has been a pharmacist for 40+ years.)
Also, a lot of SSRIS say no NSAIDS! So, no motrin, aspirin, etc. If you have a question, call your pharmacist! Or google it and look for the interactions! Or ask me and I’ll do it for you! Be safe pllllease
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