Posted by Riff Brown on October 17, 2000, at 15:53:04
In reply to Re: VILOXAZINE Riff, posted by Anna P. on October 17, 2000, at 12:31:02
As for its effectiveness, I can't say -- my mood symptoms were pretty mild, my problem was motivation and sleepiness--I'm no ball of fire now, but at least I feel normal and don't need a nap during the day. (I've seen it referred to serval places as a possible treatment for narcolepsy, so that's probably not too surprising.().
> Does it mean we can't get it anywhere pretty soon?That's my fear...it sure looks that way. I've got about a month's supply, then expect to switch back to nardil.
> Anyway...couple questions:
> do you still take Viloxazine?
Yes--for a while. I used the 300 mg Ext Release form from France when I was there for a year, although a pretty high dose -- 2x day. That's the max, but it also brought me full reflief.> is it possible to take it with mood stabilizers?
Like Lithium? From what I know the only contraindications were with MAOIs and Parkinson's drugs (l-dopa) -- oh, and guanathiodene (sp?). I'll check my package insert (in espanol) to confirm. However, i do think it warned about possible hypomania -- but that's never been my problem, so don't know...
> do you have more info about the drug, as it's hard
> to locate any on medline?Most of the information is in french or italian! you can go to www.google.com and enter viloxazine, this brings up the best sources (enter viloxazina if you want the italian docs)...it really appears that little was ever written about the drug. I'm so surpirsed b/c it offers a non-sedating, non-sexual side effects alternative to most everything else! Poor marketing, perhaps?
> I hope you won't mind my questions. I just finally found someone
> with Viloxazine experience.Not at all! Only wish I had better news. But you might also hold out hope for reboxetine, which appears to be the closest thing out there on the horizon similar to viloxazine.
Best of luck!
> Anna P.
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