Are you slowly losing blood?

by Christopher Ruane


If you take medication long term, chances are that you might take several different drugs for major illness of one kind or another.

Treating anxiety and panic attacks may involve either counselling or drug therapy or both together.YOu might take a drug such as prozac, paxil or Seroxat. Some of these drugs are referred to as SSRI drugs which is a short hand version of a fancy description of how the drug works.

What you might not be aware of is that you need to be careful with other medications of the aspirin variety. Aspirin is known as a non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. It is abrreviated to NSAID.

There are other drugs known as NSAID drugs such as Ibuprofen. You might even buy it with the name ADVIL or NUROFEN for example. You have maybe even have
heard of, or take Naprosyn (naproxen).

When you take these anti headache anti arthritis drugs long term with anxiety/depression medications you have a higher risk of bleeding as a side effect.
This can occur over time and you might not notice at first.

Eventually you may consult your doctor for other reasons such as feeling run down and tired.It might be due in part to the slow loss of blood from your system!
You might be lacking iron and becoming anaemic.

Its a risk factor.Some are more at risk than others and its something that needs discussion if these drugs are taken long term together.

Every time you swallow an aspirin tablet, it causes irritation to the lining of the stomach if no food is present.If you had a tv screen inside you, a small amount of blood might be seen.

This in itself is not a problem for the sake of one or two tablets but when you take medication for chronic illness its something you can't ignore.

Anti anxiety and anti-depressant drugs are widely prescribed in the Western world.Typically these drugs are taken for several months and many patients will need them throughout their adult lives.

However as we all live longer lives it also means more complex treatment regimens and the likelihood of side effects that can impair quality of life for us.For an anti-depressant drug to be of clinical value in anxiety, panic attacks or depressive illness you must take it for several weeks before it exerts its maximum therapeutic effect.

Once that time period has passed you need to continue for a few months or a relapse in your condition could occur.This is when other medication taken at the
same time as a drug for escalating symptoms of panic attacks or social anxiety disorders takes on a great deal of significance.

Anti-depressant drugs that have the classification of SSRI (serotonin re-uptake Inhibitor drugs) increase the risk of internal bleeding when you regularly take a drug to reduce inflammation in arthritis.

There are difficult choices to be made at times and your doctor may advise that both are necessary at the same time for some months, and even prescribe another medication to lower the chances of ulceration...

Of course if you are regularly smoking in addition to taking a drug combination illustrated above, are you aware that this also causes irritation to the lining of
the stomach..even if you don't swallow pills!

Suffering from long term anxiety or panic attacks has a range of issues to consider in your quest for a healthy life. If you take a little time to find out whether any over the counter medication could be inappropriate, you will avoid potential side effects.

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