Posted by saint james on April 12, 2000, at 16:22:51
In reply to Cipramil for Neurotoxicity of ecstacy ?, posted by Pacha on April 12, 2000, at 14:49:17
> I went to the Doctor to get Prozac for ecstacy Neurotoxicity (but said for depression), but instead of getting Prozac I was given Cipramil (citalopram hydrobromide).
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> Is it the same as prozac ??? Will it prevent neurotoxicity ???
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> It has been proven that Prozac will fully prevent Neurotoxicity of ecstacy (MDMA).
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> Administering Prozac (fluoxetine) up to six hours after the MDMA prevents the neurotoxic damage. We know that Prozac plugs the reuptake transporters. Since it prevents the damage even if administered six hours after the MDMA, this indicates that it is not the MDMA per se that causes the damage, but something which enters the reuptake transporters after the serotonin is depleted, most likely dopamine (see the slideshow for more details.) Without the protection of prozac, the damage seems to occur slowly over the course of a 24 hour period.
James here....BS ! Neither of these facts is proven. Neurotoxicity or protection from it in humans.
The tests were done on animals that showed that Prozac could counteract some short term changes (called neurotoxicity, which to me is improper)
in ANIMALS LIKE RABBITS. You cannot extrapolate
to humans. It is also STUPID to mix AD's with unknown illicits.james
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