Posted by SLS on May 19, 2009, at 15:29:10
In reply to Re: A converted SSRI skeptic, posted by Zana on May 19, 2009, at 14:31:52
> Don't forget my personal favorite: Provigil. Underutilized, I swear.
Hmm. You might be right about that. I know someone for whom it has been a life saver.
> ps Pristiq is an SSRI/SNRI.
I use the the acronym "SRI" to denote any of the drugs with strong serotonin reuptake inhibition properties, which includes the SNRIs. I usually do not think of clomipramine as a SRI, but it certainly qualifies. Sometimes, the categorization of antidepressant drugs as it is now seems primitive in that each drug has so many different and varying properties (many of which have yet to be elucidated). Each "SSRI" is a drug with properties different from all the others. This is why it makes sense to have as many drugs as possible available in the psychiatric arsenal. I am not averse to having more SSRIs come to market. There are always people who will respond to new drug whom did not respond to the others. How does it hurt anyone to have more drugs of the "same type" available? I don't care if a drug is labeled a "me too" drug by the lay public. To practitioners of medicine and their patients, it is another tool to work with.
- Scott
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