DEAR DR. GOTT: I am a 66-year-old female taking simvastatin, clonazepam, paroxetine, flaxseed capsules, fish oil and cranberry pills.
I have had excessive facial sweating for years. I saw a dermatologist about a year ago who suggested that perhaps the sweating was a side effect of the paroxetine. She suggested I switch to a different “family” of antidepressants without the sweating side effect. I tried mirtazapine for two months, but the sweating continued and the drug made me a real witch to live with. I could not handle it and switched back to the paroxetine.
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