Posted by Larry Hoover on March 5, 2005, at 9:50:37
In reply to Re: Codeine/SSRIs » Larry Hoover, posted by Hattree on March 4, 2005, at 17:43:32
> So if I get high and wide awake from Codeine, does that make me a good candidate for SSRIs or the reverse?
Well, of those SSRIs which are cleared by 2D6, you'd likely need a higher than typical dose, and you may escape some side effects. There are a lot of factors which weigh on the side-effect issue, though.
It's been suggested that poor metabilizers at 2D6 are most likely to be intolerant of SSRIs.
Lar
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