Posted by Mr. Scott on February 4, 2002, at 20:54:32
In reply to Re: For some alcohol is medicine...How to sort it out?, posted by PattyG on February 3, 2002, at 13:16:29
> > > (Scott wrote)
> > > And oddly raising serotonin itself is anticonvulsant, just apparently not
> > > most of the drugs that do so.
> > >
> > >
> > > ////I'm sorry...........I don't understand this.
> > > PattyG
> >
> > Raising serotonin supposedly is anticonvulsant. However, the drugs we presently use to raise serotonin usually lower the seizure threshold because the have other properties besides just raising serotonin. From my limited knowledge it seems Nardil and Celexa are the least likely to lower the seizure threshold, and in fact may actually have unique anticonvulsant properties.
> >
> > Scott
>
> /////That's interesting. Any documentation or statistics I could read about this? Anybody else familiar with that aspect of Nardil and Celexa?
> Thanks,
> PattyGThe package insert which I would assume is the same information verbatim as the information in the Physicians Desk Reference (PDR) mentions that Celexa has shown anticonvulsant effects in animal models. But I haven't seen any direct research on this, or looked for that matter either. My doc is the one who said Nardil (phenelzine) is anticonvulsant again I haven't done any research. But I almost forgot Lamictal which is in phase 3 clinical trials for unipolar depression, although everyone already knows it has antidepressant and anti-manic properties. It is currently marketed as an anticonvulsant.
Try doing dome research here--http://www4.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
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