Posted by JohnL on October 30, 1999, at 3:18:10
In reply to Re: SERZONE - CONCENTRATION / AGITATION, posted by Lynn on October 29, 1999, at 20:12:05
I once spent an hour talking to a Canadian GP about antidepressants. This guy knew his stuff. Very impressed. He put 2 of my 3 historical pdocs to absolute shame. Anyway, he has an approach with Serzone that has given him an outstanding track record with it. He starts patients at 25mg. Obviously way lower than usual. Then every 5 days increase another 25mg. It takes a lot longer to get up into therapeutic range, but for some reason the end results are much better. And side effects much smoother on the climb up. Probably too conservative an approach for someone in severe suicidal depression. But for many he says it has produced pleasing results. In a nutshell, increase dose by no more than 25mg at a time.
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