I have been on Paxil for 5 or 6 years. My doctor said it’s time to ween off Paxil. I used to take 40mg, now I’m down to 10mg, I was struggling with the withdrawals in the beginning now they are getting better. I also took a Genesight test and Paxil was in the red.
Does Paxil effect your white blood count?
Question posted by Bambi1217 on 28 Nov 2021
Last updated on 29 November 2021 by WildcatVet
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WildcatVet
28 Nov 2021
Hi, Bambi!
It looks like it could affect both red and/or white in some fairly rare cases:
"Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Abnormal bleeding, anemia, leukopenia, lymphadenopathy, white blood cell abnormality
Rare (0.01% to 0.1%): Abnormal erythrocytes, abnormal lymphocytes, basophilia, bleeding time increased, eosinophilia, hypochromic anemia, iron deficiency anemia, leukocytosis, lymphocytosis, microcytic anemia, monocytosis, normocytic anemia, thrombocythemia, thrombocytopenia
Postmarketing reports: Agranulocytosis, aplastic anemia, bone marrow aplasia, hematopoiesis impaired, hemolytic anemia, pancytopenia"
This is from the literature and is fairly technical. You may have to look up these conditions.
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