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Posted by cubbybear on November 28, 2004, at 4:45:47
As a related issue to my earlier thread about experiencing depression back in the 80s (before the SSRIs), I was wondering if anyone was given any of the following meds, and how you reacted to them:
1) Mellaril
2) Triavil
3) Combination of Amitriptyline and Halcion (or other benzo) and had nightmarish anti-cholinergic reaction.
Just curious.
Posted by ed_uk on November 28, 2004, at 7:13:07
In reply to Were You Ever On These Old Meds?, posted by cubbybear on November 28, 2004, at 4:45:47
Hi,
Thioridazine (Mellaril/Melleril) used to be one of the most popular antipsychotics in the UK. I've never taken it myself but I have known several people who have taken it.
A friend of the family who had a stroke was given thioridazine to relieve severe agitation. She took 10mg three times a day. It was apparantly quite effective in reducing distress. Because of the risk of arrhythmias, a lot of the people (in the UK) who used to take thioridazine have now been switched to chlorpromazine or an atypical AP.
Ed.
Posted by cubbybear on November 28, 2004, at 10:29:57
In reply to Re: Thioridazine, posted by ed_uk on November 28, 2004, at 7:13:07
> Hi,
>
> Thioridazine (Mellaril/Melleril) used to be one of the most popular antipsychotics in the UK. I've never taken it myself but I have known several people who have taken it.
>
> A friend of the family who had a stroke was given thioridazine to relieve severe agitation. She took 10mg three times a day. It was apparantly quite effective in reducing distress. Because of the risk of arrhythmias, a lot of the people (in the UK) who used to take thioridazine have now been switched to chlorpromazine or an atypical AP.
>
> Ed.I was never diagnosed as psychotic but my pdoc wanted to give the Mellaril a try back in 1984 to see if it would relieve my depression/anxiety. I tried it once and really didn't like the odd, spaced-out feeling it gave me. Last year, I was stunned to learn that in the U.S.A. it now carries a black-box warning.
Posted by ed_uk on November 28, 2004, at 11:01:24
In reply to Re: Thioridazine » ed_uk, posted by cubbybear on November 28, 2004, at 10:29:57
Hi,
In England, thioridazine use has plummeted in recent years after the goverment stated that it should only be used by consultant psychiatrists as a second-line treatment for schizophrenia. This was because of the risk of arrhythmias. Anyway, I recently saw a report that claimed the risk of arrhythmias with thioridazine was no higher than with haloperidol!
Ed
Posted by Tepiaca on November 28, 2004, at 14:37:40
In reply to Were You Ever On These Old Meds?, posted by cubbybear on November 28, 2004, at 4:45:47
> As a related issue to my earlier thread about experiencing depression back in the 80s (before the SSRIs), I was wondering if anyone was given any of the following meds, and how you reacted to them:
>
> 1) Mellaril
>
> 2) Triavil
>
> 3) Combination of Amitriptyline and Halcion (or other benzo) and had nightmarish anti-cholinergic reaction.
>
> Just curious.
>
I took for a year one med that containsPerfenazine ( old ap )
Diazepam
Amitryptilineit´s not common , it´s kind of old . I stop the med when my muscles started to move on their own.
Not like Tardive diskinesia , but I did not like that reaction
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