Question about mirtazapine and white blood cells?

Hey,

Mirtazapine is a type of antidepressant (sometimes called a tetracyclic antidepressant). It is used to help treat depression. Doctors may prescribe it for other reasons as well.

In very rare cases, this drug may cause a very low white blood cell count, which greatly increases the risk of serious infections. Your doctor may check your white blood cell count during treatment. Be sure to let your doctor or nurse know right away if you have any signs of infection, such as fever (100.5° or higher), chills, pain when passing urine, sore throat, a new cough, or bringing up sputum.

HIV spreads from person to person through these body fluids:

-Blood
-A man's semen and "pre-cum" (pre-seminal fluid)
-Fluids in a woman's vagina (vaginal secretions)
-Breast milk

You do not get HIV just by touching or being touched by infected blood or body fluids. The virus must get inside you and into your blood. It gets inside you through an open cut or sore on your skin or on a mucous membrane. These membranes are found in the penis, vagina, anus, rectum, mouth, and eyes

Having a lowered WBC count dosen't nesessarily mean you have a ''better'' chance of getting HIV or other STDs or viruses.

Hope this helps,