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I take paroxetine to try to treat ulcer and gastritis (which are probably due to anxiety) but i read paroxetine has ulcer as side effect?
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Need help from GI: If you have a peptic ulcer,most important is to start the right GI treatment, with acid secretion blockers +/-antibiotics, etc.according to your gastroenterologist Dr. While this is done, anxiety needs to be addressed with anxiolitics, a good combo is clonazepam 0.5mgBID and a slow titration of an SSRI ( fluoxetine or sertraline or escitalopram,etc). Avoid paroxetine for now if GI side effects..
Answered 11/28/2015
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Possible: That is, a possible side effect. Most people taking Paroxetine don't get an ulcer from it. Just about any medicine has an ulcer as a possible side effect. Although there are not guarantees, there are good odds that you won't get that side effect. Paroxetine, does tend to help anxiety for many people.
Answered 12/13/2015
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