Posted by lunesta on January 10, 2005, at 19:35:19
In reply to Celexa to Cytmbalta?, posted by ghuber on January 10, 2005, at 17:34:10
Well basically you would be making a switch from the most site-selective SSRI to serotonin (Celexa/Lexapro) to 2 broad spectrum AD's - Effexor effecting serotonin->norep->dopamine in that order, and somewhat unblanced in the percentage, which is why a lot of people dislike it.
Cymbalta is basically an Effexor that is actually balanced much more correctly, for example effecting serotonin 33%, norep 33% and dopamine 33%. Now, I am not updated on that, but it might be just balanced more like : 45% sertonin 45% noep, 10% dopamine. When dopamine is involved in AD's the FDA doesn't like them as much (abuse potential).
lunesta
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