Posted by chemist on June 12, 2004, at 18:47:47
In reply to To Chemist from BRC!!, posted by BRC on June 12, 2004, at 9:32:11
> Chemist, I want to thank you for replying to my post about ocd medications. You stated that you tried Luvox and had success. I was started on Luvox years ago, but had to change pdoc due to insurance reasons and my meds were changed. I was under the impression that Luvox an SSRI targets serotonin in the same way the Lexapro I am currently taking. So how come the Luvox would target obssessive thoughts and Lexapro doesn't
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> Also do you think that Luvox would be superior in anti-obssessional capabilities compared with the older med Anafranil. Thanks again for beign so helpful and sorry about so many questions :).hi BRC....Racer's comments are likely right-on. Strattera, a useless drug except for the placebo effect, is marketed by Lilly for ADHD after it failed in clinical trials as an anti-depressant. Lilly has also pulled a major-league fast-one with Serafem, including introducing PMDD (premenstrual dysphoricdisorder) into our vocabulary. When the patent for Prozac expired, they simply marketed it *again* under a new patent under the name Serafem. if you have a PDR handy, you'll find that it is not listed in the Lilly section, but that of Warner Chilcott, a distributor of meds for Lilly, BMS, and others. and the Serafem capsules are in ``women'' colors, purple pink and lavender, and they are stamped with the name Lilly. now, if doctors and patients had any knowledge of this, they'd write a script for generic fluoxetine and tell the patient to take half or a tablet or what have you. but i digress. i think both luvox and lexapro are probably on-par with OCD. luvoxdoes have some nice anti-anxiety qualities i like, so reduced need for benzos. as for anafranil, it gets high marks on this board, although i have never taken it. i suggest you direct a post for Panda, i recall we had a back-and-forth about this one not long ago......all the best, chemist
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