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Re: Effexor Withdrawl (sigh!)

Posted by steve on February 26, 2001, at 16:38:27

In reply to Re: Effexor Withdrawl (sigh!) » Tamara Bennett, posted by Cam W. on February 21, 2001, at 17:58:20

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> > > Did you withdraw from Effexor properly?
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> > > Effexor is not addictive; this is a proven fact.
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> > Do you work for Wyeth-Ayerst? That's the only logical conclusion I can make after reading this self-contradictory post. If you're withdrawing from something then you're dependent on it. And dependence is addiction. There IS addiction, there IS withdrawal, and almost anyone who has had to go off of the drug will tell you that.
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> Tamara - Could you define addiction? I am at a loss as how to Effexor causes drug-seeking behavior or how it affects the body's reward system (mesolimbic dopamine pathways - esp the nucleus accumbens) to cause one to binge on it or crave it.
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> Your logic on dependence is also faulty. The neurotransmitter systems involved in withdrawing from drugs of abuse (dopamine) differ from those of withdrawing from Effexor (serotonin and perhaps, but unlikely, norepinephrine).
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> No, I don't work for Wyeth-Ayerst. Do you work for NIDA? - Cam W.

Cam,

You might want to read Glenmullen's book. It describes the withdrawal syndrome associated with the SSRIs, which is also mentioned in the literature.


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