PSA: COUGH MEDICINE + SSRI ANTIDEPRESSANTS CAN KILL YOU.
I am apparently very very lucky that I had a low dose of both. Google tells me that what I had on Saturday was serotonin syndrome and it can apparently kill you.
The culprit is dextromethorphan, which is a cough suppressant and is probably in most cold medicines.
Feel free to reblog this because my psychiatrist didn’t warn me and the label on the cough medicine had nothing about this.
if you’re ever worried about possible drug interactions with otc medications/alcohol you can always use https://www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.html this site if you cant get ahold of your doctor
BYYYYE with my asthma I practically live on cough medicines!!!! And I NEVER knew.
Let me add to this: seratonin syndrome is one in a literal million. IF EVEN THAT LIKELY. In 27 years of pharmacy, one of my pharmacists has not seen a patient develol it nor heard of anyone who saw it happen to a patient. It is probably one of the MOST RARE things ever to happen as a reaction. PLEASE educate yourself on it and the warning signs but do NOT avoid medications you need to get better for this one post. You're way more likely to be harmed or killed by not receiving the meds you need than even experiencing this, let alone perishing from it.
