Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking sertraline as follows: As the balance between the chemicals in the brain has to be finely regulated to help relieve the anxiety and depressive symptoms and experience feelings of well-being, the dose of sertraline also needs to be finely regulated, in order to accomplish this goal. Your physician could change the dose of sertraline, based on the response and side-effects developed. Maintain compliance with follow-up [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking sertraline as follows: Sertraline can also induce frequency of urination or polyuria. Individuals with history of poorly controlled diabetes, frequent urinary tract infections, and intake of diuretics can also present with frequent urination. Such individuals taking sertraline, must be aware of this side-effect, as sertraline can aggravate the discomfort of polyuria significantly. Severely increased frequency of urination can contribute to loss of body fluid and [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking sertraline as follows: Serotonin is one chemical in the brain, which in permissible amounts, is believed to reduce anxiety and promote happiness and well-being. Very excessive concentrations of serotonin in the brain can lead to serotonin syndrome. Individuals with serotonin syndrome can present with mania, excitement, hallucinations, agitation, insomnia, pounding heartbeat, very rapid heart rate, overactive reflexes, and diarrhea. Sertraline use, especially along with other [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking sertraline as follows: Sertraline intake can thin the blood and increase risk for bleeding in the skin and mucus membranes. Patients can present with bleeding spots on the skin, internal abdominal bleeding with fresh blood or partially digested blood in the stool, and bleeding in the urine staining the urine brownish red. This risk is further more in individuals concurrently taking blood thinners and anticoagulants, [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking sertraline as follows: Alcohol, opioid pain medications, such as, hydrocodone and codeine, a number of OTC cough medications, antihistamines, muscle relaxant medications, and antianxiety medications can further add to the dizziness and confusion caused by sertraline. This can result in compromised safety, falls, and accidents and so, must be avoided taken together with sertraline. Sertraline carries significant risk for obstruction to the drainage of fluid [...]