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    "title": "Paxil/Seroxat Used as Loss Leader",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2004/11/06/paxilseroxat-used-as-loss-leader/",
    "datePublished": "2004-11-06",
    "dateModified": "2022-04-18",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Link: SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | Revealed: secret plan to push 'happy' pills. I love reading stuff like this about Paxil/Seroxat, as it is the SSRI I have been taking since…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
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# Paxil/Seroxat Used as Loss Leader

Link: [SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | Revealed: secret plan to push 'happy' pills](http://society.guardian.co.uk/mentalhealth/story/0,8150,1345565,00.html?gusrc=rss).

I love reading stuff like this about Paxil/Seroxat, as it is the SSRI I have been taking since 1998.

> A half-life is the scientific term for how long it takes for the
> concentration of a drug to drop by 50 per cent in a patient's
> bloodstream. The company suggested Seroxat's short half-life meant patients could come on and off the drug easily, compared with those on Prozac, even to the extent that they could take 'treatment holidays'.
>
> 'There was an argument that a short half life was really good news,'
> Brook said.

For those of you out there who may have tried to stop taking Paxil/Seroxat, you may have encountered a few of the withdrawal symptoms.

It is best to consult a physician before discontinuing SSRIs. Stopping taking SSRIs such as Paroxetine (Paxil, Seroxat, Deroxat) suddenly may cause discontinuation effects, or withdrawal symptoms, including:

When I stopped, I encountered all of these. The only one that I liked was the return of my vivid dreaming. But I finally had to go back on them. You have created another addict for life; thank you [GSK](http://www.gsk.com/index.htm).