Posted by OldSchool on March 28, 2002, at 11:16:06
In reply to Re: What causes med poopout the worst, posted by OldSchool on March 28, 2002, at 11:04:14
Developing depot injections of ADs would STOP this thing many depressives do with their meds. Playing games with meds, stopping and starting, going on and off the same med. Like if you got the depot injection of Prozac, it would last two weeks or whatever...like depot injections of anti-psychotics. Youd have no control over the med cause you couldnt take it pill form. Any changes you made would have to be confirmed with your psychiatrist.
Of course, these depot injections would be purely voluntary. When depot injections of antipsychotics are given, many times its not voluntary or its coerced, because psychosis is a totally different ball of wax than depression. My point is that long lasting depot injections of an AD would keep the AD in your system longterm and force many patients to "ride it out" in that early adjustment phase. If they could make it to week two or three, those rough early weeks, they can probably come out of the hole and recover.
Its just this thing where people take the pills, get side effects they dont like that oftentimes will go away after a while and they stop taking the med. Depot injections would solve that problem. Get the shot, it lasts two weeks, come back for another shot and in a month you are recovered. Very consistent blood levels of an antidepressant and the patient has no control over it except to consent to getting the shot.
Depot injections of antidepressants would mean a slow and steady maintenance of the drug in your system. Which is a good thing. No stopping and starting the same drug repeatedly.
I think its a good idea and would prevent a lot of poopout problems.Old School
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