Posted by BobS, on April 12, 2004, at 19:49:22
In reply to Re: Questions for Chemist - Pregabalin and Zoloft » BobS,, posted by chemist on April 11, 2004, at 22:47:50
Chemist,
Thanks again. Pindolol is used as an augmentation strategy with SSRIs. I believe it is a mild 5HT1a antagonist and does "something" to autoreceptors. Various medline abstracts find efficacy and others don't. In my case, it is supposed to make it easier for me to get onto a therapeutic dose of Zoloft. That is why I wonder what is so special about Zoloft in my doctor's mind. We are in NJ the home of Pfizer, but I am pretty sure he is more interested in medicine and science than Pfizer's stock price. Never-the-less, I am still baffled. You are probably correct, he just had a lot of success with it. BTW, he does not like Paxil, something about anti-muscarinic(sp?) even though Preskorn.com says all those secondary features in SSRIs are meaningless. My pdoc talks alot about the secondary features...A friend of 40 years was on Xanax for 18 years at a 4 to 6 mg dose for panic and agoraphobia. She switched to Zoloft about a 1 and 1/2 years ago and felt great. It made me feel like I was jumping out of my skin. Go figure.
Regards,
BobS.
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