Posted by torachan on May 30, 2008, at 18:18:39
In reply to Pristiq question, posted by bissie66 on May 30, 2008, at 14:51:37
Pristiq is the active metabolite of Effexor so presumably it will carry with it less side effects like the citalopram/escitalopram situation. And supposedly it's metabolized differently making it more effective.
They're both SNRI's so I would think you could switch directly. Cymbalta is supposedly more agonistic with norepinephrine, and I found Cymbalta more activating/powerful than Effexor, but that's just me.
poster:torachan
thread:832097
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20080528/msgs/832124.html