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Management of Overdoses:
Any medication taken in excess can have serious consequences. An overdose of Zoloft can be fatal. If you suspect an overdose, seek medical attention immediately.
Common symptoms of Zoloft ov
erdose include:
- Agitation, dizziness, nausea, rapid heartbeat, sleepiness, tremor, vomiting
Other possible symptoms include coma, stupor, fainting, convulsions, delirium, hallucination
s, mania, high or low blood pressure, and slow, rapid, or irregular heartbeat
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How should you take this medication?
Take this medicine only as directed by your doctor, to benefit your condition as much as possible. Do not take more of it, do not take it more often, and do not take it for a longer time than your doc
tor ordered.
Zoloft may be taken with or without food on a full or empty stomach. If your doctor tells you to take it a certain way, follow your doctor's instructions.
You may have
to take Zoloft for 4 weeks or longer before you begin to feel better. Your doctor should check your progress at regular visits during this time. Also, if you are taking this medicine for depression, y
ou may need to keep taking it for 6 months or longer to help prevent the return of the depression.
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Special Wanring
Psychiatric Disorders: - Infrequent: Abnormal dreams, aggressive reaction, amnesia, apathy, delusion, depersonalization, depression, aggravated depression, emotional lability, euphoria, hallucination,
neurosis, paranoid reaction, suicide attempt (including suicidal ideation), teeth-grinding, abnormal thinking. Rare: Hysteria, somnambulism withdrawal syndrome.
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Side Effects
If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately:
- jaw, neck, and back muscle spasms
- slow or difficult speech
- shuffling walk
- persistent fine tre
mor or inability to sit still
- fever, chills, sore throat, or flu-like symptoms
- difficulty breathing or swallowing
- severe skin rash
- yellowing of the skin or eyes
- irre
gular heartbeat
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Before Taking This Medicine
If Zoloft is taken with certain other drugs, the effects of either could be increased, decreased, or altered. It is especially important to check with your doctor before combining Zoloft with the foll
owing:
- Cimetidine (Tagamet)
- Diazepam (Valium)
- Digitoxin (Crystodigin)
- Flecainide (Tambocor)
- Lithium (Eskalith, Lithobid)
- MAO inhibitor drugs such as the antid
epressants Nardil and Parnate
- Other serotonin-boosting drugs such as Paxil and Prozac
- Other antidepressants such as Elavil and Serzone
- Over-the-counter drugs such as cold remedies
- Propafenone (Rythmol)
- Sumatriptan (Imitrex)
- Tolbutamide (Orinase)
- Warfarin (Coumadin)
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