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Started by markglt
I know OldPsychDoc is an assistant moderator....
the moderators for the psychatry forum are listed towards the bottom of the psych forum page on the right.
Im itching to hijack this thread, but Im not sure how...
How'bout them Bears?
Question: What kind of bear is best?
Fact: Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.
There are basically two schools of thought on this topic.
Present.
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only if you are the most intense of the three, and you bang your head against your monitor at least three times before logging on to SDN.
success
you could have prevented that, you know
In that case, I think someone should tell us about what is up with using antipsychotics to supplement antidepressants. It seems really wierd, and my one psychiatrist mentor doesn't really like it.
Does anyone have any idea what a plausible mechanism is for this drug combo?
Does anyone have any idea what a plausible mechanism is for this drug combo?
The atypicals are very dirty and pretty much hit every receptor, serotonin included.
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"Dirty" is such a negative word. We prefer to say "multipotent", so as not to offend any particular neurotransmitter.
I believe the Seroquel Gnomes could explain this best:
1. Hit receptors
2. ?????
3. Profit!
I am really worried for you
Stay away from this mentor
It is important to know the mechanism of action but even more important is that the combo works very well for many patients. So, keep using it judiciously.
Unless you're talking about dopamine receptors, in which case it's:
1) Maybe gently brush against the receptor, but definitely don't bind to it or block it in any way
2) ?????
3) Profit
You could of course add:
4) Cause sedation, weight gain, perhaps DM
5) Watch profits diminish in fighting of class-action lawsuit
Oooh--and don't forget:
6) Develop XR formulation as hedge against patent expiration, and
7) Pull a Zoloft and start applying for multiple FDA indications for XR product.
8) Profit a whole bunch more.
My fav. pharma move was the Lexapro / Celexa "we want to use the old research, but apply for a new patent".
You might try augmenting antidepressants with exogenous estrogens, so says that book with the funny pictures.
