Posted by linkadge on December 24, 2006, at 11:38:54
In reply to Re: pindolol, does it increase the risk of diabeti » linkadge, posted by SLS on December 24, 2006, at 6:27:37
>What if pindolol were selective for postsynaptic >receptors instead of somatodendritic >autoreceptors? It might reduce the accomodation >produced by fluoxetine during the first few >weeks of treatment, apparantly accelerating the >antidepressant response. However, it would not >actually act to increase the ultimate response >rate.
Thats a possability. Apparently propranolol has a similar effect to pindolol. On paper it should be able to augment SSRI's like pindolol.
I still contend that a potent selective serotonin presynaptic autorecptor antagonist would be a fast acting cure for some people's depression.
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