Hello Everyone. Yesterday I was at a suicide awareness conference. It was a pretty interesting day, but one of the most interesting facts I learned was one that I had long suspected. How certain drugs affect us depends on how fast of metabolism that we have. Most of my medications are checked by way of blood work, so that it really doesn't matter to me as I can always get blood work done, but for some meds there is no blood work that can predict effectiveness.
The lecturer stated that some antidepressants are virtually useless for some people, especially for those who have a high metabolism. For those with a slow metabolism the medications may build up in the system and cause serious side effects. As doctors tend to prescribe medications from a book at standard dosages, this can cause problems.
Below are some articles that I researched when I got home. The first article has a chart 3/4 of the way down the page that does a better job of showing the effects that I can print. The next two are articles about research that is being done where doctors soon will be able to better predict which antidepressants may or may not work for some people.
Hopefully we will soon be able to get a check swab and have a better chance of getting a more effective medication the first time rather than trail and error that we go through now.
In the short run though, the moral of the story is, if your antidepressants isn't working , try a different one, perhaps one that isn't metabolized in the same way. Take Care. paul m
The lecturer stated that some antidepressants are virtually useless for some people, especially for those who have a high metabolism. For those with a slow metabolism the medications may build up in the system and cause serious side effects. As doctors tend to prescribe medications from a book at standard dosages, this can cause problems.
Below are some articles that I researched when I got home. The first article has a chart 3/4 of the way down the page that does a better job of showing the effects that I can print. The next two are articles about research that is being done where doctors soon will be able to better predict which antidepressants may or may not work for some people.
Hopefully we will soon be able to get a check swab and have a better chance of getting a more effective medication the first time rather than trail and error that we go through now.
In the short run though, the moral of the story is, if your antidepressants isn't working , try a different one, perhaps one that isn't metabolized in the same way. Take Care. paul m
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