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Zoloft
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Overall a good drug for anxiety, not necessarily for depression.
Gemfibrozil
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My doctor made me stop taking it because i kept getting dizzy every time after i took the medicine.
Aviane
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I cannot handle the nausea. When I eat it goes away, but most times it just gets worse.
Metformin
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I started taking this with Glipizide and it helps keep my diabetes under control. I don't really follow a ay exercise or diet though and I think that's why it is still bad.
Alprazolam
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Alprazolam is the finest and most effective BZD for anxiety and panic on the market and also the ONLY benzodiazepine (of the triazolo- class) recommended for people with a history of depression. The problem in the USA is that there are hundreds of brands/generics, but only TWO which would be deemed acceptable quality by European patients - original branded XANAX and the GREENSTONE generics. Every single other make O have had which originated there has been complete garbage, almost as poor as... View full comment
Bystolic
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I am not sure which drug I am taking caused my vertigo--bystolic, hyzaar or simvastatin. or my weight gain...I have switched to pravastatin..
Vicodin
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Vicodin helped me with pain. It's fast working, but the side effects could have been a little lighter than what they were
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