Posted by torachan on December 12, 2007, at 17:37:01
I know Effexor is an SNRI which includes activation of norepinephrine at higher doses, but it also activates serotonin along with the SSRI's.
So, upon learning from a post made by Linkadge which reports that Effexor may be chemically related to PCP, and some listings on Effexor's wikipedia site saying it's in the same class (phenylthylamine-sp?) as amphetamines, how does this drug differ from the SSRI's? Wouldn't the SSRI's be considered amphetamine-like the way Effexor is, or does Effexor act upon different serotonin transmitter sites to have a unique effect?
And WHY are these drugs approved for anxiety disorders???? Maybe the patients in the clinical trials reported some subjective anxiety which wasn't really a true anxiety disorder--the type that leads to panic attacks and debilitating life conditions. Perhaps these patients were depressives who were extremely sensitive and too predisposed to report on any odd feelings that they thought was anxiety, but really wasn't.
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