Fortunately, the percentages of patients experiencing anxiety, agitation, dizziness, pruritis, rashes, tremor, and urticaria are statistically the same for SSRI's as they are for SSNRI's.

Effexor (venlafaxine) was launched in the United States in December of 1993. Who knew that the 'clinical trials drop-out rate' was the second-highest of any prescription drug, trailing only Paxil?

19% of the patients who signed up to test Effexor were forced to stop, because the side effects were intolerable.

In fact, one-fourth of all persons starting Effexor have side effects the first day! Another one-fourth have side effects the first week.

Other potential problems can occur if you have:

high blood pressure,

heart, liver, or kidney disease,

history of seizures, or

history of mania.

Effexor and Effexor xr also cause fluid retention, which of course makes you gain weight. Incidently, the solution for fluid retention in to drink more water.

(Fluids are retained by the body to dilute toxins. Drinking more water dilutes the toxins even more, flushing them out of the body through breathing, sweating and urinating - so you have less need to retain water.)

Effexor has one of the worst side effects profiles of any antidepressant. Here's the 'official' list of side effects with the percentage of patients reporting them during clinical trials:

Remember, this doesn't include the 19% who could not be convinced to continue the drug trial, instead dropping out because the side effects were simply too severe.

Another problem with Effexor that makes it one of the worst antidepressants is the potential for withdrawal symptoms.

Because Effexor has a half-life of about five hours, withdrawal symptoms can develop from missing only one dose.

(The half-life refers to the amount of time it takes the body to metabolize one-half of the drug.) Five hours is a frighteningly short half-life for a drug of this nature. It almost guarantees problems.

In addition to reading about Effexor, it's also important to understand the underlying causes that would lead someone to this in the first place.

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