Posted by bulldog2 on April 20, 2010, at 17:53:46
In reply to How dangerous is this combination, posted by tonyz on April 20, 2010, at 15:35:48
> My pdoc wants me to do the following, but checking the drug interactions checker on drugs.com, I'm not very comfortable. Opinions please.... here's the cocktail:
>
> Nortriptyline was 125mg reduce to 75mg
> fluvoxamine start at 100mg
> lithium continue at 600mg
> remeron (had taken 15-30 past few days) stop
> restoril 30mg
> clonazepam 1mg
>
> I'm concerned with the potential interactions between lithium and fluvoxamine and fluvoxamine and nortriptyline.Luvox is not the right ssri for this combo. It has to many drug interactions and who knows how high the levels of the other drugs might go to. I would express your concerns to your p-doc.
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