Posted by Ritch on February 13, 2005, at 16:55:13
In reply to Re: Whats the MINIMUM washout Zoloft to Nardil ??, posted by linkadge on February 13, 2005, at 12:49:54
> 5 half lives would take me to about 3 percent of the drug concentration. For zoloft this is about 5 days.
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> Hmm. I would suppose that slow initation of the drug might also reduce chances of interaction.
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I think that desmethyl-sertraline (the metabolite) is quite active and has a half-life of a couple of days. That would put 5 half-lives out to about 10 days... I'd be very careful.
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