Posted by Robert35 on May 26, 2006, at 7:23:09
In reply to Re: Cymbalta vs imipramine, posted by linkadge on May 23, 2006, at 16:12:42
> Imipramine has fairly strong anticholinergic effects. I believe some doctors have used cholinergic enhancing agents to help counteract some of the cognitive side effects.
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> Aricept may help.
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> LinkadgeThanks Linkadge,
Actually I was considering imipramine because it has stimulant properties (and that is what I seem to tolerate best) in contrast to amitryptiline(-like meds) and it is in the top of the list of "askapatient.com" (for what that may be worth; the amounts of reactions of patient are not really comparable I think because some meds only have a few reviews of users while others hundreds).
The stimulant properties are why desipramine appealed to me as well.
And nortryptiline less for that matter (but combined with Prozac it would be good I guess (plus it isn't available in the Netherlands anymore)).
If I choose imipramine I will discuss Aricept with my pain doctor (he is a neurologist so he must have knowledge about anti-parkinson meds as well).Have a good day, cheers,
Robert
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