Serotonin Syndrome

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Serotonin a chemical that is produced by the body that permits brain cells and different nervous systems cells to speak with each other. A deficient serotonin within the brain is believed to play a job in depression. Too much, however, will cause excessive activity, inflicting a probably deadly assortment of symptoms called serotonin syndrome.
Serotonin syndrome symptoms typically begins soon after taking a new medication that affects serotonin levels or overly increasing the dose of the one you're already taking. Symptoms are confusion, agitation, restlessness, dilated pupils, headache, changes in blood pressure, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, rapid heart rate, tremor, loss of muscle coordination or twitching muscles, shivering and goose bumps,

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