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Having Problems With Your Antidepressants? A Compounding Pharmacy Could Help

30 November 2016

Nellie Ryan

Antidepressants are a necessary type of medication for millions of people across the country. Unfortunately, if you are suffering from a problem with yours (such as decreased efficiency or withdrawal symptoms), life is going to be very difficult. Thankfully, compounding pharmacies can fix many of these problems by altering your medication in a safe way.

Are Your Depression Medication Side Effects Changing?

Often people who are on antidepressants may either feel worsened symptoms of their depression or other side effects that may change how they feel. For example, they may feel muscle aches and nausea and have trouble sleeping, when those symptoms had previously passed. Alternately, they may find that they suddenly feel so good about life that they no longer need their antidepressants.

Unfortunately, these symptoms often make a person believe that their antidepressant is either not effective or that they no longer need it. This is a major mistake because these medications correct chemical imbalances in your brain, and changing them suddenly can put you in serious danger. A compounding pharmacy may be necessary as a way of finding a medication that can help.

When You've Jumped From One Antidepressant To Another...

Alternately, a person may have jumped from one antidepressant to another in an attempt to find the one that works for them. Antidepressants work in a variety of different ways, and what works for one person may not for another. In fact, one medicine may not actually treat all of your depression symptoms.

Quitting any antidepressant suddenly or changing to a new one can cause a variety of withdrawal symptoms, such as physical illness, a return of depression, suicidal thoughts, severe physical pain, anxiety, muscle spasms, and dizziness. A good compounding pharmacy can help prevent this problem.

How Compounding Pharmacies May Help

Compounding pharmacies are those with pharmacists who are skilled at combining, mixing, and altering medications to suit an individual person's needs. Typically it is done with treatments for physical health concerns, but a skilled compounding pharmacist may be able to create a mixed antidepressant that can help your depression symptoms and prevent withdrawal.

For example, they may be able to either decrease the dosage of your typical antidepressant or add small doses of another one which you have had positive results with in the past. This approach often requires trying multiple antidepressants.

However, it may be exactly what you need to keep your symptoms from becoming dangerous and threatening your life. If you're suffering from depression and you find your antidepressants no longer help, please contact a compounding pharmacy like Camelback Compounding Pharmacy for additional information.

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