Posted by sowhysosad on July 3, 2009, at 5:42:39
In reply to Re: Fluoxetine and noradrenaline, posted by bleauberry on July 2, 2009, at 18:51:32
There's a lot to be said about a drug that's relatively so old but still so commonly prescribed. It's tried-and-tested and obviously works for a lot of people.
Just waiting to hear back from the pdoc about what he's prescribing for me and it's likely to be fluoxetine.
I feel way more confident returning to it than I would starting some trendy new drug.
> I agree prozac is a very good ssri. Probably an unsung hero. There are some important points to be aware of though...
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> -It probably does take longer to reach full effectiveness.
> -Early side effects do mostly vanish within a few months.
> -Early side effects can be managed with the orange juice trick...stir the contents of a capsule in a glass of orange juice, stir well (it won't dissolve), a drink a custom size dose. You can go from 1mg to 2mg to 3mg all the way to your target dose. I started at 1mg, worked up to 5mg, stayed there a while, worked up to 10mg, kept on climbing to 20mg, and it was a smooth journey.
> -At the time, about 10 years ago, the doctor who prescribed it to me said he had hundreds of patients on prozac and only a few dozen on all the others. The reason was because he said he saw it worked a lot better than the others.
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