Understanding Sertraline (Zoloft)

Precautions To Remember

Patients will need to inform their doctor if they have experienced a stroke, high blood pressure, liver disease, cardiovascular disease, or kidney disease! Discussing a history of low blood sodium, seizures, and bleeding disorders is important too. These conditions mean that patients may not be able to take this medication! They will need another recommendation.

Patients must dilute the liquid form. Thankfully, it comes with a dosing device! Ginger ale, water, orange juice, lemon-lime soda, and lemonade are appropriate beverages for doing this. Others are not allowed! This medication may cause a false positive on drug screening tests. Thus, patients must inform staff that they are taking it before such a test. It must also stay at room temperature. This means storing it away from heat and moisture.

Learn about medication interactions next.