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Posted by kilo8 on May 3, 2015, at 23:03:23
I'd really like to try this but I fear it will be hard to get a prescription for it.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2754299/
Posted by SLS on May 6, 2015, at 16:55:32
In reply to Anyone tried Riluzole or other NMDA anatgonists?, posted by kilo8 on May 3, 2015, at 23:03:23
> I'd really like to try this but I fear it will be hard to get a prescription for it.
>
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2754299/For me, riluzole was an unconscionably expensive sugar pill. I felt neither better nor worse with respect to bipolar depression. I tried memantine 20 mg/day for a few weeks. I didn't take it long enough, nor did I take a high enough dosage. Lamictal might be helpful in that it inhibits glutamate release, thus reducing the stimulation of NMDA receptors.
- Scott
Posted by kilo8 on May 7, 2015, at 0:25:35
In reply to Re: Anyone tried Riluzole or other NMDA anatgonists? » kilo8, posted by SLS on May 6, 2015, at 16:55:32
Hello,
but isnt 20mg memantine the standard dose for alzheimers? How much would you need for depression/ocd?What worries me about lamictal is side effects. I read lamictal builds up in the retina of the eye and that they dont know if this is safe on the long run. :/
Posted by phidippus on July 28, 2015, at 15:35:53
In reply to Anyone tried Riluzole or other NMDA anatgonists?, posted by kilo8 on May 3, 2015, at 23:03:23
Riluzole is a glutamate inhibitor, not an NMDA antagonist. Namenda is a NMDA antagonist. Other drugs that are glutamate inhibitors are Keppra, Lyrica, Zonegran, Lamictal and Topemax.
Eric
ps. they are taken in conjunction with an SSRI
Posted by kilo8 on September 9, 2015, at 12:44:01
In reply to Re: Anyone tried Riluzole or other NMDA anatgonists? » kilo8, posted by phidippus on July 28, 2015, at 15:35:53
I dont think I could get riluzole. I think it's also expensive.
I just started with Lamotrigine but I don't think that Lamotrigine is as strong as riluzole. I read about someone who had depression his whole life and nothing worked and when he started riluzole he felt a difference within a week or so. This drug must be very potent.
Posted by phidippus on September 15, 2015, at 20:52:36
In reply to Re: Anyone tried Riluzole or other NMDA anatgonists?, posted by kilo8 on September 9, 2015, at 12:44:01
Riluzole shouldn't be prohibitively expensive.
Eric
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