Posted by blueberry1 on January 20, 2007, at 8:43:05
In reply to Is paroxetine more dual action than venlafaxine ?, posted by linkadge on January 19, 2007, at 15:31:07
Somewhere at pubmed, don't remember exactly where, there was an abstract reporting on a survey of hundreds of physicians for their opinions on antidepressants. Paxil was the number one antidepressant for efficacy. Zoloft and effexor were right behind it. Other meds got higher scores in terms of easier side effects but less efficacy.
It seems like any drug that has norepinephrine reuptake is harder to withdraw from. Effexor and paxil, and now duloxetine, and of course tramadol, seem to be the ones with the most complaints of difficult flu-like withdrawals. Since paxil is one of them, maybe it does have some norepinephrine reuptake just based on that. Don't know.
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