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Medical Forum / General / General / February 2005anti-depressants
Salut I'd like some suggestions for anti-depressants (including herbal) that are efficacious and safe for a loved one with HCV. He's on a drug holiday from pegylated interferon--which is killing him faster than the HCV. Can you tell me how they worked for you? What to avoid? He was talking 5-HTP but it seems tryptophan is safer....agree....disagree? Zee In sci.med zwalanga@yahoo.com wrote: : Salut : I'd like some suggestions for anti-depressants (including herbal) that : are efficacious and safe for a loved one with HCV. He's on a drug : holiday from pegylated interferon--which is killing him faster than the : HCV. : Can you tell me how they worked for you? What to avoid? He was talking : 5-HTP but it seems tryptophan is safer....agree....disagree? : Zee In someone with an impaired liver, do you think this is wise to be playing doctor? Liver impairment means he cannot break chemicals down like healthy people. He should be talking to his doctor about depression treatments, not going behind his doctor's back. Dying people have depression -- it's no shame. Get help, professionally. Emma :) Thanks Emma. This guy knows the score about his illness (MSc BioChem) but wants to hear suggestions, just like anyone who posts here with a question, and will then weigh what he hears. He has tried a few things which he had to get on prescription, so no, he is not "going behind his doctor's back). What he will *do* is up to him. I'm just relaying info.... I hope your judgement will not stop others from telling what's worked for them. Zee > In sci.med zwalanga@yahoo.com wrote: > : Salut [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Emma > :) >Salut > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Zee Dehydroepiandrosterone is useful against viruses and depression. Thanks James. He is wary of DHEA and wouldn't recommend it himself, now. We are looking at SAM-e and trptophan from a sci.med physician's suggestion. If you have a *good* study on DHEA I'll send it. Zee > >Salut > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Dehydroepiandrosterone is useful against viruses and depression. >Thanks James. He is wary of DHEA and wouldn't recommend it himself, >now. We are looking at SAM-e and trptophan from a sci.med physician's [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> >> Dehydroepiandrosterone is useful against viruses and depression. How about this: just out in Archives of General Psychiatry: Dehydroepiandrosterone Monotherapy in Midlife-Onset Major and Minor Depression Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005;62:154-162 find it at: http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/62/2/154 > >Thanks James. He is wary of DHEA and wouldn't recommend it himself, > >now. We are looking at SAM-e and trptophan from a sci.med physician's [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > find it at: http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/62/2/154 Wow! I'm impressed. I'll send it along. Thank you James. Zee If he's indoors a lot getting 15 minutes of Sun on his face (closed eyes) every day can actually do wonders. A full spectrum lamp can be bought for the same purpose. It's a truly non-invasive solution that can complement any other approach to depression. *---------------------------------* Posted at: http://www.GroupSrv.com *---------------------------------* > If he's indoors a lot getting 15 minutes of Sun on his face (closed > eyes) every day can actually do wonders. A full spectrum lamp can be [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** > ---------------------------------------------------------- Thanks everyone. We have received some good suggestions here and privately. He rejects DHEA as not showing safe evidence (at least with what I could provide). Now looking at SAM-e and typtophan per a sci.med physician's suggestion. Zee |
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