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Why Does Cymbalta Make You Sweat?

Elena Rostova • • 6 min read
Why Does Cymbalta Make You Sweat?

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Selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (sNRIs) are a class of drugs that have been marketed as antidepressants and are used for various mental disorders, mainly depression and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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antidepressants cause more norepinephrine to float around the brain, which stimulates receptors (peripheral adrenergic receptors) that lead to sweating.

How do I stop sweating from antidepressants?

Anticholinergic medications could be used as a potential treatment for the excessive sweating. In case reports, the anticholinergic drug benztropine has been successfully used to treat antidepressant-induced excessive sweating (Garber and Gregory, 1997; Feder and Guze, 2000).

Does antidepressant sweating go away?

Scarff has found that the anticholinergic benztropine reduced or eliminated antidepressant-related sweating with doses ranging from 0.5 mg every other day to 1 mg/day.

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Elena Rostova holds a Master's degree in Public Health Journalism. She covers groundbreaking medical research, holistic wellness trends, mental health awareness, and nutritional science.