Posted by Dave1 on December 28, 2002, at 19:23:22
In reply to Re: treating a delusion » Dave1, posted by Kari on December 28, 2002, at 11:45:07
Hi Kari,
They do it in Europe, Canada, and experimentally in USA. The doctors I talked to said it works in about 50% of resistant depression and OCD cases. They told me you get much higher doses of the drug in you body. One doctor told me that it actually changes the genes in your brain responsible for OCD or something like that. Of note, the doctor in Europe said he didn't see any basic difference between oral vs. I.V., but he still said he gets a 50% response when oral fails. They us I.V. citalopram - Celexa in Europe, and clomipramine in the USA and Canada.
You can read the research on PUBMED.
That's how I got started looking into it.Bye,
Dave
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