Posted by turalizz on July 13, 2002, at 16:55:29
In reply to Re: How safe is Effexor, specifically with Remeron?, posted by Shawn. T. on July 13, 2002, at 16:41:49
> I should definitely mention that Effexor is a potent serotonin reuptake inhibitor. You have to take more than 300mg/day to achieve noradrenaline reuptake inhibition by the way.
Exactly! Six months ago, I started an effexor trial instead of reboxetine, because I thought I would be better off with a 5ht AND NE reuptake inhibitor instead of just NE.
I went up to 300mg, and then realised that its declared NE reuptake property was totally a joke. (At least within the recommended dose range.)
In the end I was right about my feeling that noradrenergic antidepressants would help me (mianserin and reboxetine helped me a lot), but I lost 3 months and went into terrible withdral from damn effexor.
I hate Wyeth and Effexor! (just my subjective feeling :)
cem
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