Posted by West on December 29, 2009, at 18:18:38
In reply to Re: switching from venlafaxine/mirtazap to moclobemide, posted by linkadge on December 24, 2009, at 14:25:52
I think there is a tendency here for people to reply with drugs that are helping them now, or have done so in the past.
Adding tricyclics to SSRIs or SNRIs except in very small doses for sleep is not usually necessary or justified. The combination of nortriptyline and sertraline, recommended by a Ken Gilman of psychotropical, remains a popular idea here for some reason - (I found his comments at one time quite interesting, but now see much of his opinions as being coloured by a general distrust of modern antidepressants based purely on their potencies.
Two pure NRIs are already available in Europe anyway. I'm not sure about the additional pharmacological actions of Nort/Desipramine, so there might be something there.
Why are you switching?
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