Posted by zmg on November 27, 2006, at 22:28:04
In reply to Re: Tianeptine » saturn, posted by blueberry on November 27, 2006, at 17:43:20
> I don't know if tianeptine is coming any time soon. I doubt it. Other babblers are excellent at picking up news on that kind of stuff.
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> From what I have read, it is in a class of tricyclics, though it acts nothing like them. But it also has a structure very similar to the dopamine reuptake inhibitor called amineptine. But its proposed mechanism is supposedly not like amineptine. No one really knows how tianeptine works. It is commonly called a serotonin reuptake enhancer, so it basically speeds up the flow and firing of serotonin...more is sucked out, but to compensate more is pumped in...and it also somehow boosts dopamine function. And it is my guess it does other stuff that isn't known.
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> Sent to your mailbox from overseas it would cost about $100 a month. It is not FDA approved. It is not a controlled substance. When I've ordered things like it from overseas Customs puts a green label on the package with the word "supplements", in the rare situation when they take a close look.Blueberry, it can be had for about $33 a month if you shop. I'm taking it currently and will continue for a month and see if it seems worth sticking with (I'm not having remarkable results in the first week). Its an interesting class of drugs but I think its safe to say it won't be making it to the American market this late in the game. I hope there is more interest though. SSRI's/Tricyclic's *shudder*
It does give me a transient headache, which I guess could count as something.
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