Posted by SLS on August 4, 2006, at 17:27:09
In reply to Re: What stage of treatment-resistance are you?, posted by nickguy on August 4, 2006, at 15:58:36
> stage 3
> failure to 3 ssri's
> failure to 2 snri's
> failure to wellbutrin
> failure to TCA, desipramine
>
> (augmentation should be included in one of the stages, i.e-lithium, which i've failed)I understand what you are saying. I would have to agree with you. The STAR*D was supposed to help sort some of this stuff out. Unfortunately, they really don't have the money to do it properly.
This particular staging criteria was suggested by Michael Thase, MD, of the University of Pittsburgh. There are others. I guess if you were to use an augmentor of some sort, it would still be in combination with one of the listed drugs, so the staging criteria would still work in that sense. If you are to believe some doctors, 85% of people suffering from a biogenic depression can attain remission by using all of the currently available treatments in whatever permutations are necessary for any given individual. I am hoping they are wrong. I hope it is 100%.
- Scott
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