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Like some other antidepressants, it is also prescribed in the treatment of anxiety disorders. It was the first (and as of 2002, the only) antidepressant formally approved in the United States for the treatment of social phobia, causing it to be sometimes referred to (although inaccurately) as an anti- shyness drug.
The manufacturers claim it is impossible to get addicted. Other campaigners disagree. The medical community generally considers that withdrawal symptoms are not enough to regard a drug as addictive; it has to leave the user needing more and more in order to gain the same desired effect. That's not the case with Paroxetine, as the body does not become tolerant to Parexotine's positive effects. Note, however, that addiction is generally also an extremely debated issue, although no drug is generally considered to be addictive that does not have both withdrawal symptoms and tolerance.
Recent studies have found that the drug is relatively ineffective in children, and that they are prone to becoming suicidal when first given it.
A growing body of anecdotal evidence has raised concerns about some of its side effects.
Although the manufacturers say there is no reliable clinical evidence that the drug can cause violence or aggression, the company was sued in the US after Donald Schell killed his wife, daughter and grandchild after two days on the drug. During the investigation of the clinical records, it was reported that although paroxetine is safe and effective most of the time, in a minority of cases the drug can cause unpredictable side effects, such as wild mood swings or suicidal thoughts.
However, in June 2004 GlaxoSmithKline were again fighting a lawsuit over the drug due to allegations of fraud. The lawsuit alleges that five studies conducted by GSK between 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting and 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom suggested that the drug had little more effect than a placeboFor alternative meanings, see Placebo (disambiguation A placebo is a medical treatment (operation, therapy, chemical solution, pill, etc. which is administered as if it were a therapy, but which has no therapeutic value other than the placebo effect. and increased suicidal tendencies.
Common side effects include:
Individuals experiencing any of the following symptoms should contact their doctor immediately:
There is a growing amount of personal and anecdotal accounts of withdrawal symptoms from Paroxetine. See, for example, [1] or [2]
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