Posted by conundrum on May 17, 2010, at 17:43:15
In reply to Re: Starting Milnacipran, posted by bleauberry on May 16, 2010, at 16:37:59
> The ones in clinical trials and at forums who have had the best success with miln were the ones that waited and endured patiently during a rough ride. I remember two striking examples. One experienced total remission of all psychiatric and physical symptoms, but not until 6 months. Another was 9 months. In both cases the only side effects at that point were blood pressures higher than where they started and more sweating. The only reason either of them stayed the course that long was because they were in a clinical trial. Pretty much all the rest of us would have given up by then.
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>Most would have given up and who can say for sure whether the drug helped the rest? Maybe their symptoms went away naturally and aren't these people in trials often given concommitent psychotherapy? 6 months is crazy for something that may not work, but I guess a lot of them must have been at the end of the rope if they were enrolling in a drug trial.
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