Posted by greywolf on April 24, 2006, at 8:11:21
In reply to Re: Why are US pdocs so hesitant to prescribe MAOI, posted by med_empowered on April 24, 2006, at 6:28:19
>>Plus...docs these days are obssesed with antipsychotics, SNRIs, and mood stabilizers (b/c apparently everyone is bipolar).
Depends on who you talk to. Most docs I know would go with an MAOI before they started on the atypical APs for treatment of depression, partly due to difficulties with insurance companies not wanting to pay for high atypical costs.
Additionally, from my own non-scientific and limited personal perspective, it seems that fewer people are being diagnosed with BP in the last few years, and that more people are getting the unipolar or cyclothemic tag. Of course, that's my opinion only, and I could be wrong.
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