Client Teaching for
Antidepressants
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Monitor suicide
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Orthostatic hypotension
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Anticholenergic effects
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Avoid ETOH and other CNS depressants
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Evidence of successful treatment 2-4 weeks
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Do not stop abruptly-taper
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Dizziness, nausea, headache, mood
disturbance, suicide
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