Posted by King Vultan on May 14, 2004, at 16:43:26
In reply to query for psychopharmocologists, posted by zeugma on May 12, 2004, at 19:20:57
I looked into the effects of Strattera vs. other selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors last year when I tried several of these. My conclusion after looking at various studies was that the tricyclics that are selective for NE reuptake (nortriptyline, desipramine, protriptyline) are similar to Strattera in their ancillary effects on dopamine.
As to which is the best for ADD, well, YMMV, but I thought Strattera was perhaps somewhat more stimulant-like than the others (this is a admittedly a guess on my part, as I have never actually tried a stimulant). It seemed to me that Strattera had more of a powerful, sledgehammer effect, and the tricyclic most similar to it, which is desipramine, had a gentler, more easy going nature. Keep in mind, though, that the basic nature of their therapeutic effect was more or less the same; the difference seemed to be in the manner and rate at which the effect was delivered.
Todd
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