Posted by 4WD on May 12, 2005, at 17:52:27
In reply to Re: Not Really..., posted by SLS on May 12, 2005, at 7:15:06
> > Luvox was out in Europe way before prozac came out
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> It is probably a good thing that Prozac appeared in the US first. It makes for a better antidepressant than does Luvox, and its success helped foster the development and marketing of other "SSRI"s. Despite the similarities that the SSRIs have among each other, it is their individual dissimilarities that gives each drug its unique worth as a pharmacological tool.
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> - ScottIt seems to me that you should be able to go to your pdoc, tell him/her the specific way you were affected by Prozac, Celexa, Paxil, Effexor, whatver ones you have tried and they should be able to deduce from that how you are likely to react to some other drug. They don't seem to take that into account.
Marsha
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