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Posted by paul on May 14, 1999, at 13:46:42
Is there a more precise, clinical term available here? "Poop-out" sounds so silly.
Posted by Wayne R. on May 14, 1999, at 14:11:21
In reply to "poop-out", posted by paul on May 14, 1999, at 13:46:42
> Is there a more precise, clinical term available here? "Poop-out" sounds so silly.
I agree... but that seems to be what you see most, even in postings by the Dr's themselves. I am sure someone will chime in with the "correct" terminology. Wayne
Posted by Mare on May 14, 1999, at 16:07:49
In reply to "poop-out", posted by paul on May 14, 1999, at 13:46:42
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Posted by Wayne R. on May 19, 1999, at 13:04:10
In reply to Heck with the clinical term -- what does it mean?, posted by Mare on May 14, 1999, at 16:07:49
Mare,
In Dr. Bob's Psychopharmacology Tips there is a set of articles titled "Patients who lose response to antidepressants". These postings were made by psyc docs. In addition to poop out I also noticed a reference to dosage creep. Here are two lines extracted from that item:
I have often observed that patients who respond well to low doses of an antidepressant... lose the effect after a month or so....
This is now spoken about in many psychopharm conferences as "poop out." In my experience it sometimes happens as late as 3 years into an SSRI (typically Prozac, since it's been around the longest), in as many as 20% of patients.
Wayne
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