Posted by blueberry1 on January 12, 2007, at 19:34:21
In reply to can Remeron + Luvox be combined safely?, posted by agjchs on January 12, 2007, at 17:06:32
Geez. Another lame apathetic pdoc story. Where are the good pdocs hiding?
Ok, so remeron is the best antidepressant you've tried. And he wants to take you OFF it? I'm sorry, but that is mental insanity on display. What are the risks of ongoing OCD compared to the risks of depression? Depression is far more dangerous and life threatening in many ways.
Not being a doctor, I would humbly think a better approach would be leave the remeron in place and add something to it for OCD. A benzo, a ssri, something. It took long enough to find the improvement of depression with remeron, don't say goodbye to that! Does the pdoc somehow think luvox will replace what remeron is doing? Like I said, lame.
Yes, the two drugs can be combined. I used to combine 20mg prozac+30mg remeron.
If you are going to wean off remeron, you might find it easier to cut the 7.5mg chunks in half.I weaned off remeron after several years on it. The last 7.5mg was the hardest. I was cutting it down in tiny chunks. I still do not see any sense in saying goodbye to a drug that has helped your depression.
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