Posted by Dopamine123 on February 28, 2008, at 15:28:58
In reply to Re: New version of Effexor- Pristiq » Dopamine123, posted by AMY II on February 28, 2008, at 0:19:11
"Would the new drug get rid of that but be as beneficial?"
Both drugs increase serotonin at lower doses with the norepinephrine increase kicking in at higher doses. So if you want fewer of those side effects, you should just take a lower dose of effexor or switch to an SSRI. Try slowly going down on the Effexor to 100mg or 75. Then you would get mostly the serotonin increase and less of the norepinephrine increase. If you want to totally get rid of norepinephrine, just take an SSRI instead (paxil, zoloft etc). Effexor at a low dose mostly increases serotonin. Higher doses increase both serotonin and norepinephrine. Pristiq should have the same mechanism of action as Effexor, so I wouldn't expect the side effects to be any different.
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