Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 364566

Shown: posts 1 to 3 of 3. This is the beginning of the thread.

The half lives of SSRIs

Posted by mcp on July 9, 2004, at 22:14:26

SInce I am in the midst of Lexapro withdrawals, I was just curious how it stacks up in terms of how quickly it leaves your body as opposed to some of the other SSRIs

Re: The half lives of SSRIs

Posted by SLS on July 10, 2004, at 7:26:30

In reply to The half lives of SSRIs, posted by mcp on July 9, 2004, at 22:14:26

> SInce I am in the midst of Lexapro withdrawals, I was just curious how it stacks up in terms of how quickly it leaves your body as opposed to some of the other SSRIs

Prozac is the SSRI with the remarkably long half-life - about 1 week. The others are about a day plus or minus 8 hours. The metabolism of some drugs can be highly variable between individuals. That is why you will see such large ranges quoted for some of them.

This chart might be helpful.

http://sl.schofield3.home.att.net/medicine/psychiatric_drugs_chart.html

- Scott

Re: The half lives of SSRIs

Posted by KaraS on July 10, 2004, at 15:12:38

In reply to Re: The half lives of SSRIs, posted by SLS on July 10, 2004, at 7:26:30

> > SInce I am in the midst of Lexapro withdrawals, I was just curious how it stacks up in terms of how quickly it leaves your body as opposed to some of the other SSRIs
>
> Prozac is the SSRI with the remarkably long half-life - about 1 week. The others are about a day plus or minus 8 hours. The metabolism of some drugs can be highly variable between individuals. That is why you will see such large ranges quoted for some of them.
>
> This chart might be helpful.
>
> http://sl.schofield3.home.att.net/medicine/psychiatric_drugs_chart.html
>
>
> - Scott

Scott,
I just wanted to thank you for that chart. I bookmarked it a while back and refer to it a lot. It's fantastic. THANK YOU!!
KaraS

This is the end of the thread.

Show another thread

Psycho-Babble Medication | Extras | FAQ

Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD, bob@dr-bob.org

Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.