Posted by Jen on February 7, 2000, at 6:55:44
In reply to Reboxetine (Edronax, Vestra) - Does it work ?, posted by Scott L. Schofield on February 6, 2000, at 10:20:05
All I can tell you is that it works well for me. I'm going on my eighth month
at 8mgs a day. Some days I'm feeling so good, I forget to take the second dose until much
later than usual. That to me is a good sign, that I don't need it, but I'm not going off
just yet.. too much life stuff going on at the moment. The side effects for me weren't that
bad except for constipation which is gone now. The sexual side for me is great.. no
negative effects whatsoever...but I've heard it's different for men though. If you
can stick it out for a few months, it IS worth the effort. I was on Prozac before and
gained 60 pounds...with Rebox, I've lost 45 of that within six months...I don't think it's
all due to the rebox, just that it didn't put any excess weight on me. Good luck!Heavy-duty bipolar depression - treatment-resistant - 20 years
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> No luck on Seroquel.
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> My doctor wants to try reboxetine next. He says that he has some patients who are doing well on it. I am currently taking imipramine, Depakote, and Lamictal. He wants to cross-over from the imipramine to reboxetine.
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> Has anyone had long-term (1-year plus) success with reboxetine (Edronax, Vestra)?
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> I was getting real excited about trying reboxetine until I began to read the many posts describing the sexual side-effects, which include some rather potent impotence. These people wrote more emphatically about these side-effects than I have seen written by most people taking SSRIs.
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> I am also discouraged that I haven't seen many posts describing a great response to it. In addition, the anticholinergic/noradrenergic side-effect profile doesn't seem to be much better than that of the tricyclics.
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> I was hoping to get some feedback regarding both its effectiveness in people who have a history of treatment-resistance and the degree and duration of any sexual side-effects.
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> Thanks all.
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> - Scott
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