Paxil is the most powerful of the SSRI antidepressants
Paxil is the most potent and one of the most specific of the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT). Paxil is prescribed as an antidepressant and to treat a range of other conditions, including:
• generalised anxiety disorder (GAD);
• social phobia/social anxiety disorder where you find yourself completely unable to cope in what should be perfectly ordinary, everyday social situations;
• panic disorder where you experience sudden and extreme fear for no good reason;
• more;
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• obsessive-compulsive disorder where you feel compelled to perform set rituals as a part of your life;
• post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) — is a specific anxiety disorder triggered by exposure to a terrifying event in which someone was killed, badly injured or exposed the the serious risk of injury. This experience represents a long-term psychological trauma and significantly disrupts your ability to cope with life; and
• pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). It is slightly controversial to classify PMDD as a medical condition requiring targeted treatment. In addition to physical bloating, the symptoms are an intense irritability and depression before your period. You find yourself emotionally overwhelmed by even trivial things. These symptoms are a more extreme version of PMS and many argue that the pharmaceutical industry is turning a natural monthly event into an illness for their profit. Nevertheless, when viewed as a part of GAD, anything that adversely affects mood and interferes with the everyday ability to cope with family and friends justifies the option of treatment.
How does Paxil help?
Paxil is an SSRI which is designed to increase the amount of serotonin in the brain. The chemistry of the brain is delicately balanced. If something happens to disturb this balance, it can significantly disrupt the way in which your brain works. Different parts of the brain communicate with each other through the interactions between groups of chemicals called neurotransmitters. One of the more important of these message-carrying chemicals is serotonin. If the sending set of neurons does not send enough serotonin, either the message will not get through or it will be incomplete when it arrives. Paxil boosts the amount of available serotonin which helps to make the messaging system function more effectively.
Paxil is very effective because it is the most potent of all the SSRIs. So, taking Paxil gives you a very good chance of a favourable outcome, but there are a number of risks to consider.
1. Paxil should not be given to children. Among young adults there is a risk of suicide when you begin to take any of the SSRIs. Because of its strength. you should only take Paxil if there is someone who can look after you during the first few weeks of treatment. Should you begin to get more seriously depressed, or begin to think about the possibility of killing yourself, you should get immediate help from a doctor.
2. Paxil should not be taken by anyone who is pregnant or who is planning to become pregnant. The risk of heart defects in the foetus doubles when Paxil rather than one of the other SSRIs is used.
3. As with all the SSRIs, Paxil is habit forming if you take it in larger doses over a longer period of time. But, because of its potency, the withdrawal symptoms from Paxil are more severe. If you do take this medication, take it only in small doses and for very limited periods of time.
The pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline launched Paxil on to the market in 1992 becoming the first antidepressant to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of social anxiety disorder. Fourteen years later, it remains one of the top five most prescribed antidepressant in the United States. To date, all the clinical double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled studies released by GlaxoSmithKline studying Paxil’s performance in the treatment of major depressive disorders have shown significantly good results. Thus, the decision whether to take Paxil is one you should carefully discuss with your doctor. If you believe that the undoubted benefits achievable outweigh the risks, you should use this medication.
