Posted by Bob on March 14, 2002, at 14:16:34
In reply to Re: Dopamine, posted by OldSchool on March 14, 2002, at 9:57:37
> > Well... all I can say is that if that truly is the case, and dopamine is a promising AD, than that is truly pathetic and sad. It really is.
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> I wouldnt put it quite like that. Pure dopamine antidepressants I dont think is a good idea. However, with many of the current ADs like SSRIs, as you increase serotonin dopamine levels go down gradually and get that poop out of affective "flattening" many complain about on SSRIs.
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> To solve this problem maybe pharmaceutical companies should try harder to bring a few RIMA MAOIs to the US market, like moclobemide. That would solve the dopamine problem pretty good.
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> Old School==================================================
Well, what I meant was that if the pure domapamine ADs were a good idea, then it was pathetic. From what you're saying, though, they are not. I figured that was probably the case, since we have dopamine agonists, and they are not treatments for depression, per se.
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