Posted by rubyjay on July 14, 2011, at 20:54:30
Hi all:
Thinking about adding in Riluzole to my cocktail of nuvigil, abilify, levothyroxine, klonopin, prazosin and trazodone--for treatment resistant bi-polar depression. I had great success with lamictal except I kept getting a rash with it (though not THE rash). Been through lots of other meds and ECT two years ago.
Recently we tried to lower the trazodone and it was a disaster, even dropping from 200mg to 175mg. My pdoc thinks I'm not protected enough with the meds I'm on, doesn't think I should have been knocked off balance so much by the traz drop. So we're thinking about riluzole. I'm worried about the liver problems and a bit worried cause I only have one kidney. I have seen warnings about kidney disease, which I don't have, but I do want to be careful with the one I've got. We did bloodwork and I'm seeing my regular doc tomorrow for a physical and to talk about the rilluzole with him as well
ANd I'm wondering if anyone is having success with riluzole? Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to give me!
Ruby
poster:rubyjay
thread:991046
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20110714/msgs/991046.html