Posted by KaraS on July 10, 2004, at 15:12:38
In reply to Re: The half lives of SSRIs, posted by SLS on July 10, 2004, at 7:26:30
> > SInce I am in the midst of Lexapro withdrawals, I was just curious how it stacks up in terms of how quickly it leaves your body as opposed to some of the other SSRIs
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> Prozac is the SSRI with the remarkably long half-life - about 1 week. The others are about a day plus or minus 8 hours. The metabolism of some drugs can be highly variable between individuals. That is why you will see such large ranges quoted for some of them.
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> This chart might be helpful.
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> http://sl.schofield3.home.att.net/medicine/psychiatric_drugs_chart.html
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> - ScottScott,
I just wanted to thank you for that chart. I bookmarked it a while back and refer to it a lot. It's fantastic. THANK YOU!!
KaraS
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