Posted by Elizabeth on July 20, 2001, at 0:22:21
In reply to Re: Is switching stressful for your nervous system?, posted by SalArmy4me on July 19, 2001, at 18:10:26
> I'm talking about the blood-tests needed to determine adequate treatment levels of imipramine, desipramine, and nortriptyline.
That's something that isn't really done very much unless there's a particular reason to believe a patient is a slow hydroxylator or there's an interaction (e.g., if the person is taking an SSRI too). Effective doses, for the most part, have been established. (Probably what ends up happening is that people who don't metabolise tricyclics properly just get a lot of side effects and stop taking them.)
> Jitteriness? Venlafaxine XR is the only antidepressant also approved for Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
That doesn't mean the other ones don't work. Nardil, e.g., is great for GAD. Plus I think that Paxil (at least) has been approved for GAD now, too.
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