Posted by linkadge on June 5, 2008, at 19:16:28
In reply to Re: Mirapex vs. Seroquel for SSRI-induced anhedoni, posted by undopaminergic on June 5, 2008, at 16:16:27
>This is an overgeneralisation. Most, if not all, >drugs and supplements are associated with >certain risks. Depending on the choice of AP and >dose, the risks are not higher- and can be >lower - than with many antidepressants, >stimulants, and other classes of medicines.
I don't know. Sure there are risks to all psychiatric drugs, but I tend to think of the AP's as generally a little nastier. AP's are about the only class of psychiatric meds which doctors admit to potentially causing irriversable neurological complications.
My argument is that there are likely better drugs to augment with for depression.
In the past antipsychotics were rarely used for augmentation agents unless the depression was psychotic or very agitated. Even then, the AP was generally tapered after the AD effect kicked in. Newer AP's are used more these days because of the atypical profile, but these effects can probably be replicated much more safely with other agents.
Just don't unnecessarily get caught up in dirty psychopharmacholgy. We are still in an aftermath of Lilly unethical offlable Zyprexa scam. Doctors still use it even though there are equally/more effective agumentation agents.
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