Posted by dcruik518 on August 10, 2008, at 11:48:26
In reply to Re: What is the best SSRI in our opnion?, posted by JDx on August 9, 2008, at 8:55:05
Regarding Prozac: it is one of the worst SSRI's in terms of metabolism because they're are a significant number of caucasians who lack the ability to properly metabolize the cyp450 enzyme. Paxil is the other SSRI susceptible to this problem. OFten people who esperience extreme anxiety on low dose Prozac actually have liver problems and are suffering from Serotonin syndrome. In my opinion Zoloft is the most effective SSRI, mainly because it is good for so many different things, but also because also it has has a little known but significant dopamine reuptake inhibition effect, thus preventing the flattening of affect so common with the other SSRI's.
~Dwight
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