Posted by sigismund on July 5, 2010, at 20:23:17
In reply to where to go from here?, posted by europerep on July 5, 2010, at 10:52:44
I don't know anything about the safety of 600mg venlafaxine plus agomelatine.
While it makes sense not to continue with meds that are not effective, you may find venlafaxine difficult to withdraw from.
The only side effects of agomelatine I'm aware of are elevated liver enzymes and gastric irritation.
>the prof said that, in order to add an antidepressant to the venlafaxine (such as bupropion or agomelatine) I'd have to go down to 300mg venlafaxine.. what do you think about that? because I was considering giving agomelatine a try, since it seemed to me to be a relatively "benign" drug with, so far, no known severe side effects.. I know it can be combined with fluoxetine, according to the drug firm servier, but I do not know about the dosage.. would it be possible that it wouldn't do its full work while added to 600mg VFX, or is the going down just a safety measure?
I like the idea of reducing venlafaxine because it is not helping you (if that's right), but reducing that while introducing agomelatine may make it hard to evaluate what is doing what.
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