Arzt Sven Ternov über seinen Entzug des SNRI-Antidepressiva Venlafaxin
Verfasst: 18.04.2016 14:43
Hier der Erfahrungsbericht eines schwedischen Arztes über das Absetzen (innerhalb eines Monates) und den Entzug von Venlafaxin nach mehrjähriger Einnahme.
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Wichtige Erkenntniss:
Der Bericht erschient auf der Seite von Rxisk und hat einer Ergänzung von Psychiater Dr. David Healy:
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Wichtige Erkenntniss:
Quelle und ganzer Artikel auf Englisch: http://rxisk.org/doctor-experiences-ant ... ithdrawal/This leads me to two considerations. One is that it is scandalous that we as prescribers of these drugs are so poorly informed about SSRI/SNRI withdrawal/abstinence symptoms. The patients often ask whether they can become addicted to these drugs and we reply without any suspicion “No its not possible”.
What we should be informing our patients about is the possibility of being subjected to a large amount of problems the day it is decided they should stop taking this particular kind of medication. Dependency can occur rather quickly, judging from the scatterings of information on various internet sites, including blogs. It can be as quick as 2-3 months – some drugs are worse than others.
I suggest that our prescriptions of SSRI/SNRIs are recalibrated. Before prescribing, we should not neglect to inform the patients about the risks of severe abstinence, and,as the risk for abstinence appears to increase with the length of the treatment, to keep the treatment period as short as possible.
Der Bericht erschient auf der Seite von Rxisk und hat einer Ergänzung von Psychiater Dr. David Healy:
DH was a guest speaker at a Danish Universities Antidepressant Group meeting in November 2012, organized by Per Bech. At this Peter Gøtzsche presented Margrethe Nielsen’s work referred to above – showing that SSRI dependence and withdrawal is as common and as bad as benzodiazepine dependence. There were about one hundred psychiatrists in the audience.
There was uproar. The older psychiatrists in particular were angrily opposed to the idea that SSRIs could cause withdrawal problems and keen to tell Peter that he simply had no idea how horrific benzodiazepine withdrawal was. Gøtzsche’s problem is that he is not a psychiatrist.
I am a psychiatrist and SSRI dependence appears more severe and at least as common as benzodiazepine dependence to me. Lots of patients who have been through both tell me its worse than opiate withdrawal.