One reason why Paxil patients may be reluctant to stop using the drug, or decrease its use, is the fact that this often leads to Paxil withdrawal symptoms. Such withdrawal symptoms may be severe or may be less harmful, and most people do not suffer the worst kind. However, it’s estimated that up to 10 per cent of Paxil users may experience extreme withdrawal symptoms.
The threat of withdrawal may make some people reluctant to curtail Paxil use or to stop taking the antidepressant drug altogether. However, if a woman who’s using Paxil becomes pregnant, this presents a dilemma. The fact is, women who take Paxil during pregnancy may deliver babies with significant birth defects as a result, including heart, lung, brain and other vital organ maladies. Thus, using Paxil during pregnancy is potentially dangerous to unborn infants.
As for Paxil withdrawal, adverse symptoms can arise within one to three days after Paxil use is discontinued, and they can last for months. But for most persons withdrawal may last from two to six weeks.
Severe Paxil withdrawal symptoms include heightened depression, for which Paxil was used as a cure in the first place. Paxil withdrawal sufferers also may have extreme anxiety or agitation, as well as development of obsessions or compulsions.
Paxil withdrawal also can cause akathisia, which is an involuntary but self-aware sense of inner agitation. Such a person may be extremely fidgety and restless, thus unable to stay still, while resisting such agitation intellectually. This loss of voluntary motor control even can lead to hostile or suicidal behavior.
Less severe Paxil withdrawal symptoms include nausea, mood swings, sudden tears, weakness, high fever, sweating, confusion, dizziness or lightheadedness.
All such Paxil withdrawal maladies underscore the fact that Paxil may be a risky drug to take. That’s especially so for women who are pregnant while using Paxil. Their infants may be born with serious Paxil birth defects such as heart problems with make surgery necessary.
In the tragic event that a family member has suffered such Paxil birth defects, notify a Paxil lawyer or birth defects attorney via LawyerPaxil.com. You may be legally entitled to gaining substantial economic recovery via a Paxil lawsuit for your Paxil birth defects losses, from medical bills to pain and suffering.
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