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Re: What do you think?

Posted by JohnL on March 4, 2001, at 4:42:43

In reply to What do you think?, posted by adams on March 3, 2001, at 21:32:06

> What do you think is the most effective antidepressant drug there is on average? Which drug do the most people respond to? I would like a answer from someone who has a lot of knowledge of different drugs and has been reading this website for a long time and has some idea of what drugs work better than others, knowledge just from reading peoples personal experiences on this website. I know what you are going to say, you are going to say that there is no best antidepressant but I am just saying if you were a doctor and you had to pick just one drug to use for all your patients and you were only allowed to prescribe that one drug which one would you pick.

Funny, I've posed this very question to each doctor I've had. Four responses were:
Doc1=Zoloft
Doc2=Prozac
Doc3=Effexor
Doc4=Each patient has unique chemistry, unique personality, and unique circumstances, and therefore there are no favorites. Each case is unique and different. What actually ends up working could be anything, even drugs totally unrelated to the assumed diagnosis.

If I were a doctor, I would tend to agree with all four of the above docs to some degree, but I would hold a favoritism for Prozac+Zyprexa. There is something unique and special about this combo that addresses a wide range of symptoms in a wide range of people. Prozac is the tried and true workhorse of the SSRIs. While the other SSRIs are fairly similar to each other, Prozac stands out as being the most unique. And it has the longest track record. There is some kind of special synergy between Prozac and Zyprexa. So if I was forced to choose just one treatment that increased my odds for success, it would be that.

But of course the disclaimer always applies...your mileage may vary...what works for someone might not work for someone else. We just happen to see a lot of success with Zyprexa, and it goes especially well with Prozac.
John


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