Posted by Abby on March 26, 2001, at 0:54:19
Some people are very enthusiastic about the use of atypical antipsychotics for depression.
I just want to raise, one word of caution, mainly because most of those posters are men. I haven't been following drugs as carefully as I should--I'm not sure about ziprasidone---but choosing to take either zyprexa or risperdal can be difficult. Both are associated with weight gain, although this seems to be more of a problem with zyprexa, but for WOMEN the raised prolactrin levels of risperidone can be very troublesome. (Depakote, the anticonvulsant, may not be great for women of child-bearing age either, even though it's considered a first line drug, since it appears to be associated with a markedly increased rate of polycystic ovary disease. I believe that the study was done in Norway or Denmark among epilepsy patients.
Abby
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