Posted by yxibow on June 27, 2009, at 23:22:18
In reply to Re: long term Remeron use, posted by Yoga_Lover30 on June 23, 2009, at 15:19:27
> Hi Claire,
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> I have been taking Mitrazipine for about 3 weeks now, and I have been having Tardive Dyskinesia symptoms. Interestingly, I have also been really concerned about the increased incidence of osteoporosis in people who take this med, as I have noticed in recent x-rays that my bones look thinner than they used to. I'm 29 years old, nearly 30 (eep!!), but I am really concerned about osteoporosis, as I am a thinner person and my grandma and great aunt both had and have this disease. Please email me if you find out anything more about the connection between Remeron and osteoporosis. I am actually looking into weaning off of both the Lexapro and Mitrazipine to start on the EMPower Plus supplement. Have you heard of it? I'm trying to find more info. on it, too.
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I'm not sure how these posts got together as they are 9 years apart, but EmPowerPlus and the company / person behind them have been investigated quite thoroughly by the Canadian health authorities.
There was even an NIH drug trial of it here which came to the conclusion that there was insufficient evidence of any particular efficacy and the trials were too small in the first place.The ingredients are all there to be searched in Canadian databases, they're nothing that you couldn't put together yourself from vitamin and mineral supplements.
Personally I think the marketing of it which has caused stabilized patients to come off their medications and revert to a serious state is reprehensible but there are few ways that the FDA can do anything except attempt to stop marketing a substance as a "cure" for anything.
I haven't heard anything about Remeron and osteoporosis, if it was that sensitive a connection there would be a black box.
Now if you have a tendency towards it, who knows, a lot of drugs with a very tiny probability of causing an increase in it might be higher for you, I can't say.
Osteoporosis though really is a part of human existence, depending on its severity.
If you think you have extremely early onset bone disorders, that should be investigated by a proper orthopedic clinician and appropriate action that is capable in 2009 should be taken.As for Tardive Dyskinesia from Remeron 3 weeks into it, that I find nearly impossible.
In fact there was a small study (again, not enough for a major conclusion) in Israel in a journal that Remeron had improved Tardive (-late-, as in as little as multiple months to more usually years to decades of treatment) disorders.
Can you describe what you are experiencing ? I would think if it was anything it would be something that is in the EPS (extrapyramidal symptom) or "side effect" category, the name is usually limited to antipsychotics.
-- Jay
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