Posted by floatingbridge on August 24, 2011, at 2:06:40
In reply to Re: Is Pristiq really much different then Effexor ?, posted by jono_in_adelaide on August 24, 2011, at 0:53:57
> Pristiq is desvenlaflaxine, this is a metabolite of venlaflaxine, so, when you take an Effexor capsule, your body naturaly metabloses it into Pristiq as part of breaking the drug down and getting rid of it.
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>Jono, I think in the metabolizing process, different things occur. Effexor and pristiq were vastly different for me. I did much better with effexor. It had a mental sharpening effect as well as an energizing effect that pristiq did not provide me. I actually took pristiq at night. That would not have been possible for me with effexor.
They seemed about equal for me, however, in their wickedly awful withdrawal. A forgotten dose of either would make me feel very ill. That's how I would realize I had forgotten it.
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