Posted by fca on September 26, 2006, at 18:34:24
In reply to Re: Am I already addicted to Effexor after 3 month » linkadge, posted by SLS on September 26, 2006, at 17:56:30
You can argue about whether Effexor is addictive or not--it is not. Addiction is a word--and only a word. In pracrice (not theory) it is used to describe drug seeking behavior, dependence, usually increased tolerance and painful withdrawl. It really is a cultural concept and not very useful from a medical point of view. Effexor is an effective drug that assists in partially restoring reasonably normal brain function. I would posit that it is no more addicting than many other drugs such as insulin (see what happens when you stop it), many immunosuppresants, hormone replacments and other drugs that I could look up. There are scads of chronic illness where it is assumed that long term maintenance on a drug is the predictable course. If a drug is working, has tolerable side effects and little or no known negative long term effects use it.
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