Posted by SalArmy4me on May 12, 2001, at 21:53:43
In reply to Re: Oy Vey: Opiates » SalArmy4me, posted by Elizabeth on May 12, 2001, at 21:10:52
I am hopeful that you will still be able to find an effective pharmacological treatment, despite having tried so many of them. I got some nice ideas for you:
1) Mirapex - proven as effective as imipramine in depression:
Corrigan MH, Denahan AQ, Wright CE, Ragual RJ, Evans DL. Comparison of pramipexole, fluoxetine, and placebo in patients with major depression. Depress Anxiety. 2000;11(2):58-65.
DeBattista C, Solvason HB, Breen JA, Schatzberg AF. Pramipexole augmentation of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor in the treatment of depression. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2000 Apr;20(2):274-5.
2) Pindolol - it once was a wonder drug for me that I took without an antidepressant, (but most people will need one). Pindolol is a beta-blocker, the only one of its class known to speed up and augment the action of antidepressants. The main studies done (found on Medline) have used it most effectively with sertraline, although it has been tried and proven effective with most of the SSRIs, tranylcypromine and moclobemide, and a few of the tricyclics. See Dr. Bob's
Psychopharmacology website (uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu/~bhsiung/tips/tips.html) and look up pindolol for more information.
New York University Psychiatry Augmentation website: http://www.med.nyu.edu/Psych/aug/index.html3) Definitely try Tegretol XR if you get a chance.
Its very tolerable.4) Ludiomil (MAPROTILINE) - that's a good one that few have heard about since it came out around the time Prozac came out and was overshadowed by Prozac. It is a tetracyclic with efficacy comparable to SSRI's and no sexual side-effects.
5) Geodon (ziprasidone) - works on serotonin and norepinephrine with little weight gain or sedation.
6) BuSpar - only effective in depression at higher doses according to the last study done on it and depression.
7) Serzone - I was on it for a month with no side-effects.
Thyroid Hormones T3 + T4 - pioneered by Dr. Whybrow at UCLA.
Foreign drugs: *Reboxetine, *Moclobemide (I can prove that it is effective, albeit not more than irreversible MAOI's), *Mianserin, *Tianeptine, *Modafanil, Brofaromine, *Amisulpride, *Adrafanil. Others: Bromocriptine, Ropinirole (another dopamine agonist), Norvasc(?), Pemoline(?) (a stimulant), *Seroquel, Tamoxifen(?), Doxepin, Yohimbine, the new Depakote _ER_, Nomifensine.Please ask me about any of these if you have questions. I've been on them all.
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