Posted by ed_uk on July 19, 2005, at 17:31:44
In reply to Re: Anyone helped by just 20mg/day of Cymbalta?, posted by Dave001 on July 18, 2005, at 18:42:09
Hi Dave,
>Studies wouldn't be of much use if that were the case.
They are of use because they give a good indication of what dose would be suitable for 'most' people.
>Fortunately, that isn't the case. Otherwise, medicine wouldn't exist. :-)
Well yeah, you know what I mean. People can respond to the same drug very differently. I find SSRIs relaxing, other people get manic on SSRIs.
>I'm not saying that it's not *possible* that so and so responded to only
5 mg of duloxetine; I'm saying that it's not *probable*.Don't be so sure! I knew someone who responded to 1mg Prozac, he also had pronounced sexual side effects at this dose. Some people are slow metabolizers etc..........this is especially relevant to TCAs and other drugs metabolized by CYP2D6.
>And we have no
way of knowing whether it's the medication or a placebo effect that is
responsible for the results.True :-) We can only guess.
poster:ed_uk
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