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Originally Posted by runlola72
Curious what other bad things you have heard about brintellix. I am on Trintellix which I think is the same thing. I'm not having SD but I think it's making me more depressed and hopeless? I can't tell. I'm on 7.5 mg about to go to 10mg.
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Well my sample size was only 2 psychiatrists.
One said all her patients had severe gastro issues from it, and it never helped any of them with depression. Another said he never heard of anyone who ever benefited from it, yet all had side effects.
Oh, you're right-it is called Trintellix now. It doesn't have that novel of a mechanism, and considering it's new, it's hardly worth the risk to prescribe (doctors tried it due to free samples). The reason for that is because it hasn't been out long enough to be tried in a true clinical population. Since research trials are a sterile environment, the clinical experience will look different. And during the first few years is when adverse events and other things are discovered.
So considering that, it can be reasonable to stick with the antidepressants that are tried and true.