Posted by Snell on May 9, 2014, at 7:33:39
Pdocs have, for a while now, used dopamine agonists as augmentation agents when antidepressant response is not so great. To some degree, this route has been replaced by using the atypical antipsychotics/second generation antipsychotics (SGAs) as augmenters. But I have taken nearly all the antidepressants and all of the available SGAs, and my pdoc is talking about trying the dopamine agonists. They include:
Requip (ropinirole)
Apokyn (apomorphine)
Mirapex (pramipexole)
Symmetrel (amantadine)
Parlodel (bromocryptine)
It's funny that the SGAs are dopamine *antagonists* used to augment, yet the dopmine agonists, above, are also used to augment. I'd love to hear stories of experiences from people who are using these agents to augment the AD. I'm not as interested in people who are using these agents to combat Parkinson's Disease.
Thanks!
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