Posted by linkadge on December 12, 2004, at 17:32:15
In reply to Re: Reserpine + TCA in the treatment of depression » SLS, posted by ed_uk on December 12, 2004, at 15:16:03
Reserpine itself, is an antipsyhotic and antihypertensive agent. If you take reserpine by itself it could depress you.
A number of suicides were linked to the catecholamine depleating effects of reserpine used for hypertension.
Reserpine can be used as a pretreatement or as an adjunctive to TCA's.
I would imagine that the pretreatment was to kind of "reset" the neurotransmitters or something.
Linkadge
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