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Very bad agoraphobia, cardiophobia,&health anxiety.was on lexapro had serotonin syndrome.dr prescr venlafaxine 37.5 scared it affecting heart chances?

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Venlafaxine: The medication is associated with the following side effects in over 10 percent of people that take the medication: asthenia, dizziness, dry mouth, headache, insomnia, nausea, somnolence and sweating. Tachycardia and arrythmias are associated with the medication, but this is in overdose situations.

Answered 1/9/2017

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A member asked:

Very bad agoraphobia, cardiophobia,&health anxiety.was on lexapro had serotonin syndrome.dr prescr venlafaxine 37.5 scared it affecting heart chances?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

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