Posted by CareBear04 on February 3, 2005, at 13:43:32
In reply to Can Remeron dry you up?, posted by Phillipa on January 31, 2005, at 2:30:00
hey, i think remeron has strong anticholinergic effects. so do tricyclics and many antipsychotics and narcotic painkillers. they can also slow down your digestion and back you up. i was warned about anticholinergic syndrome but was told that it's a bigger risk in old people. the old antidepressants and drugs hitting multiple neurotransmitters are known for the dry mouth effect. i've had this with lithium, too, but i've been only on the newer antidepressants and have just started remeron. i've been on a lot of antihistimines and neuroleptics and painkillers, though, and i've definitely experienced the sensation of food sitting like a rock in my stomach. i've been prescribed reglan, a GI motility agent for that, but my PCP warned me that reglan is also strongly anticholinergic and can cause things like the twitches and stiffness of tardive dyskenesia! scary!
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