Anyone else get a sore throat from their SSRIs? Sertraline tends to make my gullet tighten up quite uncomfortably if the pills are more than a few months old, and it becomes sensitive to hot liquids. It doesn't happen if the pills are sufficiently fresh, so I'm guessing there's some unpleasant breakdown product that builds up in them fairly quickly after they're manufactured. Old pills have a bit more of a pungent smell to them, too (and I'm not talking about expired-old, just ones that have been sitting in the cupboard, sealed in their blister packs for a few months). The expiry date on the ones I took today (which are giving me a sore throat) is in 2014.