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My mother took this same drug for 2 1/2 years. She has lower back pain. i know that she called a attorney that was advertising on TV yesterday. They asked her a bunch of questions. The lady mentioned something about a classaction to my mother. I was thinking...ohhh no. i guess there must be some available info out there on this drug can someone steer me in the right direction. I am not sure my mother should use this lawfirm.I have no idea if they are reputable or anything. How can i find out something on them AS WELL?

After everything with fenphen this one will not get out of hand i bet. I have advised my mother to be careful with whatever she chooses. Thanks for the heads up about this.

After I was hospitalized (after a suicide attempt), my psychaitrist switched me from Effexor XR to Serzone, hoping to alleviate the manic episodes I had.  I've been diagnosed as having depression with an anxiety disorder.  Since I've been off of the Effexor, my anxiety has gone out of control.  After reading all this about Serzone, it's making me wonder if this is really what I should be taking.  I am a 21 year old, healthy female.  I guess I just don't want to be an unhealthy 21 year old female.  Any suggestions?  I've been on this since February.  I've had a few symptoms like abdominal pain, chronic headaches, lower back pain, really low blood pressure (I had good/lower blood pressure, but it's getting bad), eye sight going funny... I don't know.  I see my psychaitrist on Friday... hopefully I'll have some answers at that time.

My wife has been treated for major depression, even treated with a course of ECTs. She still has panic attacks, which started when she was switched from Prozac-Zyprexa to Wellbutrin-Abilify, in late July. Before the ECTs, her doctor switched her to Serzone, Trazodone, Abilify. At night she was taking Klonopin, which was switched to Ativan while she took the ECTs.

She was never told of the ECTs memory side effects. She has them. Has forgotten things from way in the past, and her lack of focus, concentration, and lethargy after the ECTs have stayed, not gone away.

I recently read - will try to locate the web page later - that Serzone has been stopped in Europe for liver damage.

Zyprexa used to give her EPS. I just begged her to go off Abilify - she was only taking 7.5 mg - to see if her Akathisia and dyskenesia symptoms would go away, because the doctor has not diagnosed them as such, and yet, they're very evident.

The psychopharmacologists can't diagnose anything in fifteen or twenty minutes, and if you don't ask, they don't even bother to call for your previous records, medical hystory, or any treatment/diagnoses from psychologists.

Psychofarmacology is not Psychiatry, even if these people call themselves the latter. In fifteen minutes, they're hurried to take the next patient, tell you of no side effects, and altogether screw you up by chasing symptoms with medications whose effect doesn't last beyond four or six months, and whose impact is harmful to the Central Nervous Symptom.

My wife has been taking Klonopin for over five years, though miinor doses. Now she has been increased to 5 mg per day even if she's sixty three. Klonopin, Ativan, and Xanax are notoriously addictive drugs for short term use only, and yet these doctors have no compunctions about prescribing them in higher and higher doses and, I guess, forever if that helps them get rid of a symptom for one or two hours.

It's very sad.

I hope my wife will get rid of the panic attacks, akathisia, and dyskinesia after she's off the Abilify for a few days. The ECT doctor tried to get her back on Zyprexa - same side effects except she was half asleep all day long - and I had to impose on her not to.

Nickm

Sounds like a bunch of psychosomatic mentally suffering individuals are ready willing and through this idle chat site, able to direct their various vagaries onto the drug rather than themselves!
   Christ, face it, EVERY drug has potential side-effects, and if you didn't consider that with all the drugs you've been taking, one to the next, Serzone or not, your capacity to describe the publicized symptoms as causal makes you all volunteers for Doctors of Quackery and Frivolity for Lawsuits. 
   I've been on Serzone for at least 5 years.  I also drink alcohol, take Lithium, Imipramine and Klonopin, all of which can set your liver reeling, or do any number of things over time, combined or individually.  As of this moment, I'm feeling fine, except for the funny feeling that you are crossing the line from information and exploration, to play symptom games and blame.  Yes, it is a tempting offer to fall in with such a line of "reasoning" on this list...now everyone, just get in line with the lawyer of your choice to build your family's future estate, whether you "recover" or drop dead!

....a couple months ago.

I've been suffering from what I thought was Irritable Bowel (can't go regularly plus bloating, pain, mucus) but now I'm wondering.

New internist (over past year) ordered blood work 3 wks ago and my enzymes are thru the roof (150's?). Ordered me off alcohol til for 5 wks til next appt. Also had ultrasound (don't know results til appt), blood occult (neg) He said I don't drink enough water.

I've also suffered from reflux/GERD for about 10 years. Taken Nexium. Propulsid. Ranitidine. nothing works. Have had upper GI, lower GI, scopes, Colonoscopy....no conclusions any

I've been taking Serzone for over a year now.  If you get stomach pains, just take it with food!  Just like so many other OTC drugs.  Then, it doesn't bother your stomach.  It's magical! 

I like Serzone and do very well on it.  Everyone is different and I'm upset it's coming off the market. 

I read a post stating that Serzone made a guy rob a convenience store.  What kind of melarky is that?!  Ridiculous.  People that take antidepressants get a bad wrap from people like that.  Does he REALLY expect people to belive that?!

raringtrish,

The advise about food is good but it makes no difference if I take mine with or without food, my abdomen hurts/cramps regardless.  The "liver pain" is not associated with when I take my Serzone either.

I am on it for menapausal depression and am attempting to get off it now that I am "through" menapause.  My symptoms are real, I am a nurse and have attempted to explain them off for other reasons but now realize that none of these problems existed until I had been on Serzone for about 6 months. 
Everyone does have to weigh the risk and benefits for themselves and take the consequences that go with their decisions.

HI I was ck'ing out this board. I had heard about prolbems with SERZONE. I have been on meny anti- dep,drug sense comeing back from viet nam. about 14years ago I was told I have hep C.with not much hope. then they came out with,a treatment,but caused many side effects,depreson being one.so the put me on serzone.  I had hep C for 37 years,if you dont know hepC will kill you. eats up your liver.  well guess what I ended my treatment.in nov I was told the viris was taken care of I was ok.NOW THEY TELL ME SERZONE IS BAD FOR YOUR LIVER.now how do you think I fell. 37years with hepC.got IT taken care of,and now this.     where do I go from here?