Posted by med_empowered on January 26, 2007, at 2:04:52
In reply to Re: dopaminergics with antipsychotics » med_empowered, posted by laima on January 25, 2007, at 9:25:03
after the whole "speed kills" thing in the 60s, the upper/downer combo pills became less popular; most were withdrawn in the 70s (eskatrol stuck around into the 80s). Docs do still do the upper/downer thing; lots of people are on either ritalin/amphetamines plus an antipsychotic, or Provigil plus an antipsychotic (milder stimulant, same concept). Provigil is expen$ive, but it can cause weight loss in some patients, like those on clozapine, so its useful. What I'd be interested in would be phentermine+atypicals, meridia+atypicals, that sort of thing--modified anorectic drugs plus varying doses of atypicals. Seems like it could help a lot of problems.
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