Re: My intuition says no to Effexor + Luvox. . . » AnneL

Posted by TSA West on March 13, 2002, at 23:57:32

In reply to My intuition says no to Effexor + Luvox. . ., posted by AnneL on March 13, 2002, at 23:40:06

Luvox is safe along with Effexor--there is only a tiny chance of serotonin syndrome, hepatoxicity, or ExtraPyramidal Symptoms. The convenient part of Luvox is that 50 mg (the starting dose) _is_ a therapeutic dose that stands a chance at relieving agitation immediately.
Your other option is to add an augmentation agent such as Lithium to Effexor. But Lithium is not as tolerable as an SSRI (although millions of people do well with Lithium anyway, mostly for bipolar disorder).

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My intuition says no to Effexor + Luvox. . . AnneL 3/13/02
Re: My intuition says no to Effexor + Luvox. . . » AnneL TSA West 3/13/02
Re: My intuition says no to Effexor + Luvox. . . » AnneL Janelle 3/14/02
Effexor + Lamictal in your case » Janelle TSA West 3/14/02
TSA WEST: Wow! Thanks 4 your thoughtfulness! (nm) Janelle 3/14/02
My fav pdoc upped Effexor 'till Tuesday. . . » TSA West AnneL 3/14/02
Re: My intuition says no to Effexor + Luvox. . . » Janelle SLS 3/15/02
SLS: re Serotonin syndrome, more: » SLS Janelle 3/15/02
Re: SLS: re Serotonin syndrome, more: » Janelle SLS 3/15/02

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