Posted by michael on February 20, 2007, at 11:05:33
In reply to dopamine, posted by dondon on February 18, 2007, at 13:31:34
> What happens when someone's depression requires a dopaminergic medication(stimulant) and then they also have psychosis which requires a dopamine antagonist...wouldnt the dopamine antagonist block the stimulant ?
As noted by others, I believe that I've read that stimulants would worsen psychosis... and I think is supposed to be quite dangerous.One thought might be abilify, which is both a partial agonist and an antagonist for Dopamine receptors...
Or possibly amisulpride/sulpride which are used at lower doses for the negative symptoms, and higher doses for the positive symptoms of psychosis...
However, this is pure speculation on my part, and I'm not a doctor...
michael
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