Posted by SLS on November 23, 2011, at 12:19:16
In reply to Re: Savella update, posted by Laney on November 23, 2011, at 11:33:23
> Friday will be 4 weeks and nothing newsworthy to report. Probably just more sleepy and blah feeling more than anything. I really don't expect that it's going to do it for me.
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> Scott, I was thinking of giving it 5 weeks. What do you think?Are you taking 100 mg? I should think that you would have felt something by four weeks at that dosage. It is hard to say, though. You know that. You could try going up to 150 mg for two or three weeks just to be sure.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/528303_4
> So I'm also looking forward. What next? Cymbalta, Effexor?? Any ideas?
Have you had positive results from any medication? If so, which ones?
I don't think Savella will get as many people well as Effexor or Cymbalta. Not all SNRIs are alike. Again, I'm sure you understand this. Meridia, an antiobesity drug (no longer available), has little or no antidepressant properties.
A stimulant might help boost a weak response to an antidepressant drug, but I am not convinced that it would make any difference if there is no response at all. I wish that I could be certain of this, but I doubt you will find a scientific investigation addressing this question.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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