Posted by SLS on February 10, 2003, at 8:05:21
In reply to Re: another question on gepirone, posted by jrbecker on February 10, 2003, at 0:10:41
Hi.
If there is one thing that I've learned over the years about antidepressants is that "different is different". Quite a few people took it upon themselves to disuade people from trying Lexapro because, on paper, it was nothing more than a repackaged Celexa (s-citalopram + r-citalopram combination). After all, Lexapro is "nothing more" than a preparation of just one of the two components of Celexa (s-citalopram). How could the same molecule contained in Lexapro be any more effective in a given individual than it is when it is administered as a component of Celexa? I don't know. How could I? It just is.
Different is different. S-citalopram, in the absence of r-citalopram, is, de facto, operating in a very diffent environment, and might very well be yielding different alterations in the dynamics of the synapse or other sites within neurons.
I hope gepirone is better than buspirone at treating depression. I think hope is justified. After all, it is different.
- Scott
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