Can the medicine that takes antidepressant cause infertility

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Antidepressants refer to a group of psychotropic drugs which are mainly used to treat mental diseases with emotional depression as the prominent symptom. Different from stimulants, they can only eliminate the depressive symptoms of patients with depression, but can not improve the mood of normal people. So take antidepressant can you cause infertility?

Can the medicine that takes antidepressant cause infertility

First of all, taking antidepressants can lead to infertility, antidepressant side effects are great, to a certain extent will affect pregnancy, but not everyone will lead to infertility.

Secondly, tricyclic antidepressants are mainly suitable for depression symptoms in endogenous depression and other diseases. It can also be used in the treatment of neurosis and panic attack. It is forbidden for patients with severe heart, liver and kidney diseases and glaucoma. It should be used with caution for the elderly, pregnant women, patients with prostatic hypertrophy and epilepsy.

Finally, monoamine oxidase inhibitors are the earliest antidepressants, mainly through depression to produce monoamine oxidase (MAO), reduce the damage of monoamine transmitters in the central nervous system, increase the concentration of synaptic space, and play a role in improving mood.

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Side effects: * drowsiness, dry mouth, blurred vision, constipation, heart rate, difficulty in urination and orthostatic hypotension. These side effects generally do not affect treatment, and can be gradually adapted during treatment. Severe cardiovascular side effects, urinary retention and intestinal paralysis are rare.