Posted by zeugma on May 11, 2004, at 21:25:18
In reply to Re: BUSPAR IS THE ANSWER, posted by pseudonym on May 11, 2004, at 11:46:11
for what it's worth, i am a severe anxiety suffere, and clonazepam and buspirone are in entirely different categories. For me, for a drug to qualify as an 'anxiolytic,' it must at least be able to block panic attacks, and buspirone has been proven not to do this. It is not an anxiolytic, and when my pdoc referred to it as such i corected him: 'it's not an anxiolytic, it's some kind of antidepressant.' I would agree that it belongs in thaqt class of antidpressants that have no efficacy in panic disorder, a category that includes Wellbutrin and very few others (prehaps, the generally 'weaker' AD's such as trazodone, Serzone, etc. As another poster mentioned, Buspar has terrible execution, but i attribute it to its wretched pharmacokinetics (very short half-life, like another weak AD, moclobemide). Nonetheless , I take it because it does have some efficacy in depression and helps me sleep.
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