Here is a little a bit of info re antidepressants: There is DNA testing for a gene encoding enzyme called CYP2D6*2. It is a genotype whose activity is affected by certain drugs. Prozac (and the SSRI's, I believe) is a drug that decreases [EMAIL PROTECTED] activity. This means that if you are heterozygous for this gene you should be very cautious when taking SSRI's since you are much more likely to have a negative response than the typical person. Learned this due to testing for one of my children, who years ago had a really bad response to a tiny bit of Zoloft. I wonder why young people put on the SSRI's are not automatically pretested for this genotype. Might save a lot of anguish, altho maybe it costs too much. You can also be tested for other genotypes that have their own relationship with various other drugs - gives you a heads up on what to stay away from fio you consider yourself sensitive to medication.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob, > > Do you have any real idea of what you're talking about? What kind of > personal experience do you have with anti-depressants? Just because > something can be overprescribed doesn't mean it doesn't have > considerable value for many who get the correct dosage. > > And just because someone flips out while on it and kills several while > another 'only' kills one while on who knows what, doesn't mean much. > There are millions who take prozac and other anti-depressants > responsibly who don't flip out. > > > Sal > > On Apr 5, 2005, at 5:03 PM, FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: > > > There is no evidence that so-called anti-depressants do anything but > > make lots of money for drug companies. People usually only take > > antibiotics or many other drugs for a couple days, so it is obviously > > in the profit interest of drug companies to hustle pills that people > > take for long periods, like Prozac etc. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
