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Dr. Jeffrey Juchau answered
33 years experience Family Medicine
Anesthesia : There should be no problem with your procedure. Make sure they know what medications you are taking. Colonoscopies while on medications such as your ... Read More
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Dr. Orrin Ailloni-Charas answered
29 years experience Anesthesiology
Taper the dose : More slowly. You may also consider adding a benzodiazepine for sleep if necessary.
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Dr. Boris Aronzon answered
24 years experience Anesthesiology
Titration: Prolong the time and ask your physician to decrease the dosage in small increments over longer period of time.
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Dr. Ravi Chand answered
26 years experience Psychiatry
Lyrica (pregabalin): Dear pika89800
lyrica enhances GABA in the brain and suppresses pain at a cortical level, pain has 3 main levels, local, spinal and brain (cortex), i ... Read More

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Complex: I refer you to an excellent discussion of it's effects on the alpha2 delta subunit of voltage gated calcium channels in the brain that can be found on ... Read More
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Dr. Irwin Berkowitz answered
Specializes in Pediatrics
Don't know!: If straterra is a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor it increases the norepinephrine level in the brain. Methylphenidate stimulants, used in adhd wor ... Read More
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Dr. Marcie Berman answered
39 years experience Clinical Psychology
It is different: Paxil is only an SSRI . Effexor (venlafaxine) works on two receptor sites. They work in different ways and it depends on what helps more. They both ... Read More
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Dr. Robert Patterson answered
43 years experience Family Medicine
Serotonin/ Dopamine: Assuming you want natural approaches. Check these sites out-( look at info not the products)
dopamine-http://tinyurl.Com/3k83ro
serotonin-http://tinyu ... Read More
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Dr. John Goldman answered
55 years experience Rheumatology
Antidepressants can: Antidepressants can cause teh hyperserotinin syndrome. If this is your case your physiciasn can drop the dosage or if necessary stop it. This is so ... Read More
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Dr. Mark Fisher answered
34 years experience Neurology
Go after it!: Kenneth, that's a great question. I encourage you to get a Ph.D. in neurobiology and devote your career to finding out the answer, because if you do, ... Read More
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Dr. Alan Ali answered
32 years experience Psychiatry
Motivation: Actually, the 3 working in harmony.
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Dr. Jane Steiner answered
43 years experience Psychiatry
If you mean....: ....That at the150mg dose you most likely started to get the effect that Effexor (venlafaxine) can have on norepinephrine, you are probably correct. A ... Read More
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