Posted by djmmm on December 13, 2007, at 20:08:50
In reply to venlafaxine structurally similar to PCP, posted by linkadge on December 12, 2007, at 14:03:26
> According to medscape, venlafaxine is structurally similar to phenylcyclidine.
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> "Venlafaxine is structurally similar to phencyclidine and thus should not be discontinued abruptly".
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> Does this have any bearing on its mechanism of action?
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> Crazy.
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> Linkadge
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I have to say, looking at both chemical structures, PCP and effexor are chemically dissimilar. PCP is tricyclic. Effexor is a phenylthylamine (closer to amphetamine)http://www.clinchem.org/content/vol48/issue4/images/medium/cy0423690001.gif
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