Posted by yxibow on October 31, 2007, at 0:16:21
In reply to Re: Seroquel/Prozac combo? » Sheilac, posted by Larry Hoover on October 30, 2007, at 12:36:07
> > I am wondering what brain chemicals are effected by low dose prozac and seroquel?
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> > I'm hoping to try prozac again - we'll see if it bothers my bladder. And also some seroquel at night to sleep. Right now I am not sleeping and I am very depressed.
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> > I also think that maybe the seroquel would act as a mood stabilizer to the prozac?
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> Well, the combination is believed to be sufficiently complementary, that it is marketed as Symbyax. See:http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/symbyax.htm
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> What I don't like about Symbyax is that the proportions of the relevent meds are fixed. You have far greater flexibility if you titrate each drug separately.
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> LarExactly. It leaves much to be desired.
Yes, they're complementary, especially in treatment resistant OCD, e.g. Not without their own side effects of course -- polypharmacy should ideally be done by someone who knows how to combine medications effectively
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