Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 31738

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Reboxetine Side Effects

Posted by C.M. on April 30, 2000, at 3:08:16

I was very interested last November 1999 when my doctor mentioned Reboxetine to me, and heard about its very low anticholinergic side effect profile.

I just finished looking at most of the posts on this board covering the last several months to a year on the topic Reboxetine.

If what has been discussed here is any indicator of the typical Reboxetine side effects, then it doesn't sound like Reboxetine is all that low in anticholinergic side effects.

C.M.

Re: Reboxetine Side Effects

Posted by AndrewB on April 30, 2000, at 17:27:41

In reply to Reboxetine Side Effects, posted by C.M. on April 30, 2000, at 3:08:16

Reboxetine can have significant side effects which tend to go away with time. These side effects may include constipation, agitation, rapid pulse, difficulty urinating and sexual disfunction. All the side effects I believe are due to andrenergic receptor stimulation. The andrenergic system helps our body responds to stress; increasing arousal and helping us respond to danger. When the adrenergic receptors are stimulated our smooth muscles contract, our blood vessels constrict, the lungs dialate, our groin tightens and the heart pumps stronger....these are all stress responses. But this stress response obviously was meant to be temporary, so when a medicine like reboxetine artificially enacts this stress response and causes it to persist, the body can feel feel haywire. Fortunately it seems that there is a downregualtion that takes place with these receptors after a period of excess stimulation and most of the side effects go away.

Are there anticholernergic side effects like dry mouth with Reboxetine. I don’t think so.

AndrewB

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