Posted by Elizabeth on May 16, 2001, at 19:31:18
In reply to Re: Serotonin Syndrome, posted by stjames on May 16, 2001, at 13:51:06
> To me it matters less what journal it is cited in and more the doc that writes it.
To me it matters more what it says than who says it or where!
> In general I think the "diet pills" are bad all round, esp. for depressives.
Phentermine is Just Another Stimulant. I don't think it's better or worse for depressives than the myriad of stimulants that are used as antidepressants (other than being weaker and probably less effective than, say, d-amphetamine).
Other diet pills are completetly different. Fenfluramine is a serotonin releaser/reuptake inhibitor and showed promise for depression and OCD before it got yanked (although I do think yanking it was the right thing, since fenfluramine-induced PPH, although rare, is irreversible and fatal). And then there's Tenuate, which looks an awful lot like Wellbutrin (emphasis on "awful" < g >).
-e
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