What strategies have you found helpful to manage SSRI associated night sweats?
Answer from: at Community Practice
Reduced dose to the lowest effective dose.
Gabapentin can be used off-label for hyperhidrosis and vasomotor symptoms of menopause. I had one patient on an SSRI for GAD and found the gabapentin helpful enough for anxiety that he tapered off the SSRI. If it is just night sweats, you can do a nightl...
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at Maine Medical Center Outpatient Adult Psychiatry Gabapentin the wonder drug!
at Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services I’ve had a fairly good response with propran...
Below are the options I have either used or found helpful. I tend to stick with terazosin primarily but have sometimes found the others useful. I tend to find hyperhidrosis more of an issue with sertraline than other antidepressants so will change the medication if possible. The anticholinergic medi...
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at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital We should use gabapentin carefully as it increases...
Gabapentin the wonder drug!
I’ve had a fairly good response with propran...