Posted by SLS on April 4, 2001, at 10:21:46
In reply to Re: Is it Just Me or..., posted by willow on April 4, 2001, at 7:25:26
> > "Has this turned into an Effexor board? Are doctors out there just feeding Effexor to that many people that the vast majority of questions revolve around Effexor?"
> I too have wondered if it is being prescribed as much as the posts represents, though I doubt it. Some of the posters say that this is the first AD that they have tried and I don't know if this is a good idea.
Different drugs become the "drug of the month" on Psycho-Babble. It does not necessarily reflect prescribing practice.
However, there is a trend towards considering Effexor (venlafaxine) to be a superior first-line drug compared to the SSRIs. The results of a recently published large-scale study comparing Effexor to SSRIs supports this notion.
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20010327/msgs/58228.html
- Scott
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