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Ko te Escitalopram he rongoā rongoā anti-pōuri e pā ana ki tētahi rōpū rongoā e kīia ana ko te selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). E mahi ana mā te āwhina i te taurite o te serotonin, he matū tūturu i roto i tō roro e pā ana ki te ngākau, te moe, me te oranga ngākau. Ko tēnei rongoā e tohutohutia ana hei āwhina i te tangata ki te whakahaere i te pōuri me ngā mate āwangawanga, ā, e whakaarohia ana ko tētahi o ngā kōwhiringa ngawari i roto i tōna akomanga.
Ko te Escitalopram he rongoā anti-pōuri hou e aro ana ki ngā taumata serotonin i roto i tō roro. Whakaarohia te serotonin hei whakapūmau i te ngākau o tō roro – ka taurite ngā taumata, ka nui ake te tūpono ka pūmau koe i te ngākau me te pai.
Ko tēnei rongoā te mea e kīia ana e ngā tākuta he SSRI, ko te tikanga e ārai ana i tō roro mai i te ngongo tere rawa i te serotonin. Mā te pupuri i te nui ake o te serotonin e wātea ana, ka āwhina te escitalopram i te whakapai ake i te kōrero i waenga i ngā pūtau roro e whakahaere ana i te ngākau me te āwangawanga.
Kāore i rite ki ngā rongoā anti-pōuri tawhito, i hangaia te escitalopram kia whai kiko ake i tōna mahi. Ko te tikanga e aro ana ki te serotonin anake, kāore i te pā nui ki ētahi atu matū roro, he maha ngā wā ka iti ake ngā pānga taha mō te nuinga o te tangata.
Ko te Escitalopram te mea nui e tohutohutia ana hei rongoā i te mate pōuri nui me te mate āwangawanga whānui. Ka tohutohu pea tō tākuta i a koe mēnā kei te pā koe i te pouri tonu, te āwangawanga, ētahi atu tohumate rānei e raru ana i tō oranga ia rā.
Mō te pōuri, ka āwhina tēnei rongoā ki te hiki i ngā ngākau taumaha o te pouri, te kore tūmanako, me te ngaro o te hiahia ki ngā mahi i pai ai koe i mua. He maha ngā tāngata e kite ana i ngā whakapainga i roto i ō rātou taumata pūngao, ngā tauira moe, me te kaha ki te arotahi i muri i ētahi wiki o te rongoā.
I te rongoā i te āwangawanga, ka āwhina te escitalopram ki te whakaiti i te māharahara nui, te āwangawanga, me ngā tohumate tinana pēnei i te tere o te ngākau, te uaua rānei. He tino whai hua mō te mate āwangawanga whānui, i te wā e tino nui ana te māharahara, e uaua ana te whakahaere.
I ētahi wā ka tohua e ngā tākuta te escitalopram mō ētahi atu āhuatanga pēnei i te mate pānikā, te mate āwangawanga pāpori, te mate rānei o te whakahāwea-whakahāwea. Ahakoa ehara ēnei i ngā whakamahinga tuatahi o te rongoā, e whakaatu ana te rangahau he whai hua anō mō ēnei āhuatanga.
Ka mahi te Escitalopram mā te aukati i te tango anō o te serotonin i tō roro, ko te tikanga ka āwhina kia nui ake tēnei matū whakahaere i te wairua e wātea ana. Ka puta tēnei tukanga i te wā, koinei te take kāore pea koe e rongo i ngā painga katoa tonu.
Hei rongoā, ka whakaarohia te escitalopram he kaha ngawari - he whai hua ki te rongoā i te pouri nui me te āwangawanga, engari he ngawari hoki kia pai te aro o te nuinga o te tāngata. He maha ngā wā ka whiriwhiria hei rongoā tuatahi nā te mea e taurite ana te whai huatanga me ngā pānga taha whakahaere.
Kāore te rongoā e mahi tonu pēnei i te rongoā mamae. Engari, ka hanga i roto i tō pūnaha i roto i ngā wiki maha, ka āwhina i te whakahoki i te taurite tūturu o ngā matū e whakahaere ana i tō wairua me ngā taumata āwangawanga.
Tangohia te escitalopram i runga i te tohutohu a tō tākuta, te nuinga kotahi i te rā i te wā kotahi i ia rā. Ka taea e koe te tango me te kore kai rānei, ahakoa e kite ana ētahi tāngata ka āwhina te tango me te kai ki te ārai i te pōpō i te puku.
He pai te nuinga o te tāngata ki te tango i te escitalopram i te ata, nā te mea ka āwhina tēnei ki te whakaiti i ngā raruraru moe. Heoi, ki te rongo koe i te hiamoe, ka tohutohu pea tō tākuta kia tango i te ahiahi.
Ka taea e koe te tango i tēnei rongoā me te wai, te wai hua rānei, te miraka rānei - ko te mea e pai ana ki a koe. Kāore he take ki te karo i ngā kai motuhake i te wā e tango ana i te escitalopram, ahakoa e tūtohu ana kia whakawhāiti i te waipiro nā te mea ka raru pea i te whai huatanga o te rongoā.
Whakamātau ki te tango i tō horopeta i te wā kotahi i ia rā kia mau tonu ai ngā taumata i roto i tō pūnaha. Mā te whakatakoto i tētahi whakamaharatanga i ia rā ki tō waea ka āwhina i a koe ki te whakatū i tēnei tikanga.
Ko te nuinga o te tangata me tango escitalopram mō te 6-12 marama pea kia whai hua katoa, ahakoa ka hiahia ētahi kia roa ake. Kei runga i tō āhuatanga takitahi te roa, te pai o tō urupare ki te rongoā, me tō hītori ki te pōuri, te āwangawanga rānei.
Ka mōhio pea koe ki ētahi whakapainga i roto i te 2-4 wiki, engari ka roa te 6-8 wiki kia pā mai ngā pānga katoa o te rongoā. He mea noa tēnei wā-ā-wāhi, ā, kāore i te kī kāore te rongoā e mahi ana.
Mō ngā wā tuatahi o te pōuri, te āwangawanga rānei, ka tūtohu ngā tākuta kia haere tonu te rongoā mō te 6-12 marama i muri i te whakapai ake o ngā tohumate. Ka āwhina tēnei ki te ārai i te hokinga mai o ngā tohumate, ā, ka whai wā tō roro ki te pūmau.
Mēnā kua maha ngā wā o te pōuri, te āwangawanga rānei, ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i te rongoā wā-roa. Ka whai hua ētahi tāngata i te tango escitalopram mō te maha o ngā tau, ā, he tino haumaru tērā i te wā e aroturukihia ana e tō kaiwhakarato hauora.
Pērā i ngā rongoā katoa, ka taea e te escitalopram te pānga taha, ahakoa he tokoiti ngā tāngata e pā ana ki ētahi, he ngawari rānei. Ko ngā pānga taha tino noa ka pai ake i roto i ngā wiki tuatahi i te wā e urutau ana tō tinana ki te rongoā.
Anei ngā pānga taha ka pā ki a koe i te wā e urutau ana tō tinana ki te escitalopram:
Ka puta hoki ngā pānga taha ki te ira tangata, tae atu ki te whakaheke i te hiahia ki te moe tahi, te uaua rānei ki te eke ki te orgasm. He wā poto noa ēnei pānga mō ētahi tāngata, engari ka mau tonu mō ētahi atu.
Ko ngā pānga taha kāore i te pōrohe, engari he nui ake te kino, me whai wāhi tonu te rongoā. Whakapā atu ki tō tākuta i te wā tonu mēnā ka pā ki a koe ngā huringa nui o te ngākau, ngā whakaaro ki te whara i a koe anō, te rere toto rerekē, ngā pākia, ngā tohu rānei o te mate serotonin pēnei i te kirika nui, te tere o te ngākau, te raruraru nui rānei.
Ko ngā tāngata taiohi kei raro i te 25 tau te pakeke, tērā pea ka nui ake te tūponotanga o ngā whakaaro whakamomori i te tīmatanga o te rongoā anti-depressant. He mea nui te aroturuki tata i ngā marama tuatahi mō tēnei rōpū tau.
Kāore a Escitalopram e tika ana mō te katoa, ā, ko ētahi āhuatanga hauora, rongoā rānei, ka kore e haumaru. Ka arotake tō tākuta i tō hītori hauora katoa i mua i te whakahau i tēnei rongoā.
Kāore koe e tango i te escitalopram mēnā kei te tango koe, kua mutu rānei te tango i ngā MAOI (monoamine oxidase inhibitors), nā te mea ka puta he tauhohenga kino e kīia ana ko te mate serotonin.
Ko ngā tāngata e pā ana ki ētahi āhuatanga o te ngākau, otirā ko ngā mea e pā ana ki te manawataki o te ngākau, tērā pea ka hiahia ki te aroturuki motuhake, ki ētahi atu rongoā rānei. Ka pā te escitalopram ki te mahi hiko o te ngākau i ētahi wā.
Mēnā he hītori tō koe mō ngā pākia, te mate bipolar, ngā mate rēre toto rānei, me āta whakatau tō tākuta i ngā painga me ngā tūponotanga. Kāore ēnei āhuatanga e ārai ana i a koe ki te tango escitalopram, engari me aroturuki tata.
Me mātua whakaaro i te wā e hapū ana, e whāngai ū ana hoki. Ahakoa ka taea te whakamahi i te escitalopram i te wā e hapū ana i te wā e nui ake ana ngā painga i ngā tūponotanga, he mea nui kia kōrero tahi koe ki tō tākuta mō tēnei.
E wātea ana te Escitalopram i raro i ētahi ingoa waitohu, ko Lexapro te mea e mōhiotia ana. Ko ētahi atu ingoa waitohu ko Cipralex, e whakamahia ana i roto i te maha o ngā whenua i waho o te United States.
E wātea whānuitia ana hoki te escitalopram generic, kei roto i tērā te whakauru kaha kotahi anō me ngā putanga waitohu. He rite tonu te whai hua me te haumaru o ngā putanga generic ki ngā rongoā waitohu engari he iti ake te utu.
Ahakoa ka tango koe i te escitalopram waitohu, i te generic rānei, he rite tonu te mahi o te rongoā i tō tinana. Ka huri pea tō whare rongoā i waenga i ngā kaihanga rerekē o te escitalopram generic, engari kāore tēnei e pā ki te pai o te mahi o te rongoā mōu.
Mēnā kāore te escitalopram e pai ana mōu, e pā ana rānei ngā pānga taha e raruraru ana, e wātea ana ētahi atu kōwhiringa maimoatanga. Ko ētahi atu SSRIs pērā i te sertraline (Zoloft), fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil) rānei e mahi ana i te ara rite tonu engari he pai ake pea te aro ki ētahi tāngata.
Ko ngā SNRIs (serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors) pērā i te venlafaxine (Effexor) rānei, duloxetine (Cymbalta) rānei e pā ana ki te serotonin me te norepinephrine. Mā tēnei pea e āwhina mēnā kāore koe i pai ki ngā SSRIs anake.
Ko ngā rongoā anti-depressant hou pērā i te bupropion (Wellbutrin) e mahi ana i te ara rerekē mā te pā ki te dopamine me te norepinephrine hei utu mō te serotonin. He pai pea tēnei kōwhiringa mēnā kei te māharahara koe mō ngā pānga taha o te ira tangata, te pikinga rānei o te taumaha.
Ko ngā maimoatanga kāore i te rongoā pērā i te cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) ka whai hua rawa mō te pōuri me te āwangawanga, anake rānei, i te tahi rānei me te rongoā. He maha ngā tāngata e kite ana i ngā hua pai rawa atu ka puta mai i te whakakotahi i te rongoā me te maimoatanga.
He pai ngā rongoā escitalopram me te sertraline, engari he rerekētanga ētahi e pai ake ai tētahi mōu i tētahi atu. Kāore tētahi e pai ake ana i tētahi atu – kei runga i ō hiahia me te pēhea te urupare o tō tinana.
He maha ngā wā e whakaarohia ana he iti ake ngā pānga o te escitalopram ki ētahi atu rongoā, ā, he iti ake pea te pōraru o te puku i te sertraline. E ai ki ētahi rangahau, he tere ake pea te mahi, ahakoa e hia wiki ana te rongoā e rua kia kitea ai ngā pānga katoa.
Kua roa kē te sertraline e whakamahia ana, ā, e wātea ana i roto i ngā momo horopeta maha, tae atu ki tētahi momo wai. E whakaarohia ana hoki he haumaru i te wā e hapū ana, e whāngai ana rānei, ā, he nui ake ngā raraunga rangahau e wātea ana mō ēnei āhuatanga.
Ko te kōwhiringa pai rawa atu kei runga i ō tohumate motuhake, ētahi atu rongoā e tango ana koe, me tō hītori hauora whaiaro. Ka taea e tō tākuta te āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau i ngā painga me ngā ngoikoretanga o ia kōwhiringa i runga i tō āhuatanga takitahi.
He haumaru te escitalopram mō te nuinga o ngā tāngata e pā ana ki ngā mate ngākau, engari me mātakitaki pai. I ētahi wā ka pā te rongoā ki te manawataki, ina koa ki ngā tāngata e raru ana i te ngākau, e tango ana rānei i ētahi atu rongoā e pā ana ki te ngākau.
Mēnā he hītori tōu mō te mate ngākau, te manawataki kōaro, te tango rānei i ngā rongoā ngākau, ka tono pea tō tākuta i tētahi ECG (electrocardiogram) i mua i te tīmatanga o te escitalopram, ā, ka mātakitaki pea i tō manawataki i te wā o te maimoatanga.
Ka taea e te nuinga o ngā tāngata e pūmau ana ngā āhuatanga o te ngākau te tango i te escitalopram, ina koa ka nui ake ngā painga hauora hinengaro i ngā raru iti o te ngākau. Ka taea e tō kairangahau ngākau me te tohunga hinengaro te mahi tahi kia haumaru ai tō maimoatanga.
Mēnā i tūpono koe ka nui ake te escitalopram i te mea i tohua, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta, ki te pokapū whakahaere paitini rānei i te wā tonu, ahakoa kei te pai koe. Ko te nui rawa o te tango ka puta pea he pānga kino nui pēnei i te mate serotonin.
Ko ngā tohu o te nui rawa o te escitalopram ko te whakapairuaki nui, te ruaki, te whanoke, te pōrangi, te tere o te ngākau, te hopu, te huringa rānei o te hinengaro. Mēnā ka pā ki a koe ētahi o ēnei tohu, rapua tonu te manaakitanga hauora ohorere.
Kaua e ngana ki te whakapōkaia koe, ki te tango rānei i ētahi atu rongoā hei whakakore i te nui rawa. Ko ngā tohunga hauora te mea pai ki te whakatau i te maimoatanga e hiahia ana koe i runga i te nui o te tango me te wā.
Mēnā kua ngaro i a koe tētahi inenga escitalopram, tangohia i te wā e mahara ana koe, ki te kore e tata ana te wā mō tō inenga e whai ake nei. I taua wā, waiho te inenga i ngaro, ka haere tonu ki tō hōtaka auau.
Kaua rawa e tango e rua ngā inenga i te wā kotahi hei utu mō te inenga i ngaro, nā te mea ka piki ake tō tūponotanga ki ngā pānga kino. Mēnā he maha ngā wā e wareware ana koe ki ngā inenga, whakaarohia te whakatakoto i tētahi whakaoho o ia rā, te whakamahi rānei i tētahi kaiwhakarite pire hei āwhina i a koe ki te mahara.
Ko te ngaro i tētahi inenga i ia wā kāore e puta he raruraru, engari ngana ki te pupuri i te rite mō ngā hua pai rawa atu. Mēnā ka ngaro i a koe ētahi inenga i te rarangi, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta i mua i te tīmatanga anō o te maimoatanga.
Kaua rawa koe e mutu te tango escitalopram ohorere, me te kore e kōrero ki tō tākuta i te tuatahi. Ko te whakamutu ohorere ka puta he tohu whakawātea pēnei i te whanoke, te whakapairuaki, te ānini, me ngā huringa o te ngākau.
I te wā e whakatau ana koe me tō tākuta kua tae ki te wā ki te whakamutu i te escitalopram, ka whakaheke haere koe i te inenga i roto i ngā wiki, i ngā marama rānei. Mā tēnei tukanga whakaheke ka āwhina tō roro ki te urutau ki te huringa, me te whakaiti i ngā tohu whakawātea.
Kei te whakawhirinaki te wā ki te mutu i runga i te roa o tō tango i te rongoā, te pai o te whakahaere i ō tohumate, me ō āhuatanga tūpono takitahi. Me tango pea e ētahi tāngata te escitalopram mō te wā roa kia mau tonu ai tō rātou hauora hinengaro.
He pai ake te whakaiti, te karo rānei i te waipiro i a koe e tango ana i te escitalopram, nā te mea ka taea e te waipiro te whakararu i te whai huatanga o te rongoā me te whakapōrearea i ngā tohumate o te pōuri, te āwangawanga rānei. Ka taea hoki e te waipiro te whakanui i te tūponotanga o ngā pānga taha pēnei i te hūmoe me te whanoke.
Mēnā ka whiriwhiria e koe te inu i ētahi wā, me mahi i roto i te āhua ngawari, me te aro ki te āhua o tō tū. E kitea ana e ētahi tāngata ka kaha ake te pānga o te waipiro ki a rātou i a rātou e tango ana i te escitalopram, nō reira me tīmata ki ngā rahinga iti ake i te tikanga.
Mēnā kei te raru koe i te whakamahi waipiro, he mea nui kia kōrero tēnei ki tō tākuta. Ka taea e rātou te āwhina i a koe ki te whakawhanake i tētahi mahere maimoatanga e whakatika ana i tō hauora hinengaro me ngā āwangawanga whakamahi matū.
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