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To: neverdem

I understand that Paxil is the worse to get off by far. I will read the link after work.


84 posted on 03/24/2005 12:05:31 PM PST by Nov3 ("This is the best election night in history." --DNC chair Terry McAuliffe Nov. 2,2004 8p.m.)
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To: Nov3
I understand that Paxil is the worse to get off by far.

It's a matter of drug half-life. Paxil has a short half-life. Prozac has the longest of the SSRI class.

Initiation of therapy with these drugs, changes of doses and discontinuation should require very close observation for 4 - 6 weeks, IMHO. That's the same time period that the "Black Box" warning for suicidal ideation that the FDA finally generated.

89 posted on 03/24/2005 12:18:59 PM PST by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: Nov3; El Gato; JudyB1938; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Robert A. Cook, PE; lepton; LadyDoc; jb6; tiamat; ...

I just heard on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer that the kid recently had the dose of Prozac increased.

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.


91 posted on 03/24/2005 4:42:28 PM PST by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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