Posted by HappyGirl on April 23, 2005, at 0:35:14
In reply to Anything out there like Serzone??????, posted by AnthonyG23 on April 22, 2005, at 18:42:18
Hi:
I am one of former 'Serzone' takers. I was on the Serzone for about four years before it started to lose 'effect,' that I have no idea why this happened. However, afterwards, my pdoc. rx'ed Trazodone which is a sister med. to the Serzone.I took the Serzone, from 450 mg. to 600 mg. that was a 'mass' dosage due to a severity of my Bp depression. However, ... looking back now, ... possibly the Serzone might NOT have worked on me to begin with, although my depression was lifted afterwards, not perfect, but 70-80% range.
Now, with the Trazodone,... started out at 50 mg. before the bed. and currently I've been taking the 225 mg. Unlike the Serzone, I am happy about its 'good' result on this 'transition,' although I had a HARD time to get used to this 'older' A.D. On the otherhand, I recall, the Serzone is MUCH easier for my system to adjust. I can say, it was 'instantly' without any 'prominent' side-effect to concern.
On this board, in the past, there were some discussion in regard to 'Serzone' discontinuation(here, in the US, there is still a generic version of Serzone available) and its replacement.
Then, here is a list-med. similar to the Serzone I copied and pasted in the past:
AD's that have potent 5ht2 antagonism apart from Nefazodone :
Amitriptyline
Trimipramine
Clomipramine
Nortriptyline
Dothiepin
Trazodone
Mianserin
Mirtazapine
H.G.
poster:HappyGirl
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