Posted by europerep on June 24, 2010, at 9:39:37
In reply to Effexor: the good without the bad?, posted by CaffeinePoet on June 23, 2010, at 20:07:32
maybe you could try desvenlafaxine, I think it's called pristiq... it's only the "good" enantiomer (is that what it's called?), the "bad" one isn't in it anymore.. these two molecules are like what your left hand and your right hand.. kind of the same but when you put one on top of the other they are quite opposite.. and the actual beneficial effect of efexor is caused by one of them only..
whatever, removing the bad enantiomer is thought to reduce side effects, though at least for escitalopram I haven't heard about much better results than for citalopram.. desvenlafaxine isn't out over here yet, so I have no idea about it, but you could just consider looking into it..
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