SelfWork YGTG (You Get The Gist) What's Serotonin Syndrome?
The SelfWork Podcast
Margaret Robinson Rutherford PhD
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🗓️ 20 September 2021
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
Many people these days are on an SSRI, a selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor. Like Lexapro. Or Prozac. But there is some danger that needs mostly to be known to be prevented. There's a condition called serotonin syndrome, where you have too much serotonin in your system, that can be very dangerous. It doesn't happen that often, but you need to know the symptoms and catch it before it wreaks true danger. So on today's SelfWork YGTG, we'll define what it is and what you should do if you, or someone you love, experiences it.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Suffolk, I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford, and this is a YGTG, or you |
| 0:12.0 | get the gist. |
| 0:13.0 | And today it's about something that I really want you to know about, because so many people |
| 0:18.2 | these days are on medications for depression or anxiety that affect serotonin. |
| 0:23.6 | And we're going to be talking about serotonin syndrome. |
| 0:27.0 | It's a dangerous reaction to antidepressant drugs, and we're going to talk about the warning |
| 0:31.3 | signs or what actually causes it. |
| 0:34.1 | Serotonin is a neurotransmitter, a naturally occurring brain chemical that regulates |
| 0:38.8 | mood and behavior, and it's one way of treating depression. |
| 0:42.2 | But if you're taking a medication that increases serotonin too much, you could be at risk |
| 0:47.4 | for this reaction. |
| 0:49.1 | It usually happens when a doctor prescribes a drug that increases serotonin to a patient |
| 0:53.5 | already on an antidepressant. |
| 0:56.0 | You've noticed it since the 1950s, when antidepressants called monoamine oxidase inhibitors |
| 1:01.5 | or MAO eyes were being prescribed pretty regularly. |
| 1:06.0 | But when drugs called SSRIs became widely used to fight depression, reports of serotonin |
| 1:11.4 | syndrome increased. |
| 1:12.9 | SSRIs include prosaic, paxol, other antidepressant drugs that increase serotonin are called SNRIs, |
| 1:20.9 | or serotonin, norpinephrine, re-uptake inhibitors. |
| 1:24.6 | They include symbolta and effects, or if you overdose on the drug, that can cause serotonin |
| 1:31.2 | syndrome. |
| 1:32.5 | But it can also be started if a new antidepressant is added before an old antidepressant has been |
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