Posted by anxiety66me on February 27, 2004, at 16:03:33
In reply to Effexor and Alcohol, posted by Mr. B on February 24, 2004, at 20:04:15
I made a post about this a few weeks ago. I am tapering off b/c I went from not drinking much to every day. Also, I went from smoking 5 cigarettes a day to over 10.
Do a search (at the bottom of this page) for "Effexor Alcohol" and you will find many other posts. It is very interesting.
My doc told me he had never heard of this side effect. I actually told him yesterday. It is probably underreported. I sent him some info I got on here and the email I got back from the National Institutes of Mental Health.
NIMH's response to my email to them:
Thank you for your e-mail to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIMH conducts and supports research and distributes information on mental health and mental disorders.
Information on medications can be found in our Medications booklet at: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/medmenu.cfm. Included are descriptions of mental illnesses and the medications prescribed for them.
For information on your specific topic of antidepressant and increased craving of nicotine or alcohol, you may wish to try contacting the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a part of the NIH at:
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 5213
Bethesda, MD 20892-9561
Phone: (301)-443-1124
Email: Information@lists.nida.nih.gov
Website:http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDAHome.htmlWe also suggest you search on MedLine Plus and PubMed, services of the National Library of Medicine. MedLine Plus provides information on numerous health topics. You may access MedLine Plus at: http://medlineplus.gov. PubMed is a searchable database of over 11 million scientific research abstracts and citations. You may access PubMed online at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed.
We hope this information is helpful to you.
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Web site: http://www.nimh.nih.gov
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