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Re: 5-HT2C receptor antagonists » Optimist

Posted by KaraS on February 24, 2005, at 14:43:29

In reply to Re: 5-HT2C receptor antagonists, posted by Optimist on February 24, 2005, at 11:15:42

> My impression was that as well as causing insomnia, sexual dysfunction and agitation. Trazadone, Serzone, Buspar, Remeron, high dose Parnate, Periactin, Amantadine, and many of the antipsychotics block this receptor.
>
> Blocking 5HT2c can result in weight gain which is why Remeron is so known to pack on the weight.
>
> Brian


How can it be that 5HT2a is the receptor responsible for reducing dopamine? I thought that the SSRIs known to produce apathy do so by eventually decreasing dopamine. Prozac and Effexor are famous for this and they both had that effect on me - yet you don't have them listed as blockers of 5HT2a.



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