Posted by R.Anne on December 9, 2000, at 18:38:29
In reply to How much prozac to add to Effexor?, posted by LD on November 30, 2000, at 8:55:13
My doctor and I agreed to a low dose of an SSRI (Paxil)to go with the effexor I'm taking. I currently take 112.5 mg of effexor xr. I started with 10 mg of Paxil, then 20, and now 30. This is beneficial to me now. I think your doctor is right about lowering the effexor xr when you combine 2 antidepressants. As for Serotonin Syndrome-I think that the combination at lower doses is pretty safe. Effexor is not an SSRI, too. I think that fact greatly lessens chances of Serotonin Syndrome, too. I hope you will also do more research on this on your own to get more opinions-there is also http://www.drkoop.com
where you can check drug interactions-they are heavily researched there. Good luck!
poster:R.Anne
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