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Posted by Janelle on July 19, 2001, at 18:39:26

In reply to Paroxetine, Sertraline,....then Fluvoxamine?, posted by SalArmy4me on July 19, 2001, at 17:49:29

For what it's worth, a psychologist (get that! not even a pdoc) told me that even though ALL these meds (e.g., Paxil, Prozac, Zoloft et al.) are SSRI's, the reason that for example, Person A WILL RESPOND to Paxil and not Zoloft, but Person B WILL NOT RESPOND to Paxil and WILL RESPOND to Zoloft is that each of the SSRI's act on DIFFERENT Serotonin receptors.

For the longest time, the ignorant one here didn't even know that there's more than one, that there are MANY, MANY different Serotonin receptors in the brain!!

Therefore, it's trial-and-error until the person and their pdoc "find"/discover the SSRI which "matches" and binds with that person's "weak" receptor(s).

So, it could be that YOUR particular receptor(s) MIGHT be "matched" to Prozac rather than the other two.

Hope this makes sense - I'm not nearly as good as you are in explaining this stuff.
-Janelle


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