Posted by SLS on September 4, 2001, at 8:23:44
In reply to Re: The Potential of Bromocriptine (Parlodel), posted by JohnL on September 4, 2001, at 5:16:38
Hi.
> I have tried Bromocriptine. It helped me a lot beginning the very first day. But then it seemed to poopout, or tolerance set in, or whatever by day 3. Increasing the dose did nothing after that. I could never get the good effect to return. In addition, it made me impotent. It is supposedly a prosexual drug, but for me it was not.
Several people have responded extremely well to Mirapex (pramipexole) when they used it to augment their antidepressant regimen. It doesn't seem to poop-out as often as Parlodel does. It, too, is a direct dopamine agonist. However, in addition to stimulating the D2 receptor, it also stimulates the D3 receptor, one that is known to populate regions of the brain thought to be involved in reward, motivation, and mood. For me, Parlodel helped for the first three days and then faded-out. I will try Mirapex at some point as an augmentor if necessary.
- Scott
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