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E hele pololei kākou i ke kumuhana: ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole he SSRI ka Effexor. No kahi ʻē aʻe akā pili pono ia ia ʻano antidepressants i kapa ʻia ʻo SNRIs.
Inā ua kau ʻia ʻoe me Effexor (a i ʻole kona ʻano generic, venlafaxine), e hoʻāʻo paha ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka ʻōlelo lapaʻau. Ua lohe paha ʻoe i nā antidepressants maʻa mau e like me Zoloft lāua ʻo Prozac, ʻo ia hoʻi nā SSRIs, a maʻalahi ka manaʻo inā ʻo Effexor ka ʻohana like.
ʻOiai ʻo nā SSRIs a me nā SNRIs he mau mea hana ikaika no ka mālama ʻana i ke kaumaha a me ka hopohopo, hana lākou i ka chemistry o kou lolo i nā ʻano liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia ʻokoʻa ke kī i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāu lapaʻau.
No laila, inā ʻaʻole ia he SSRI, ʻo ia pūʻulu lāʻau hea ka Effexor? ʻO Effexor, me ka inoa generic venlafaxine, he Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor, a i ʻole SNRI no ka pōkole.
He waha nui kēnā, no laila e wehe kāua.
Hoʻohana kou lolo i nā ʻelele kemika i kapa ʻia ʻo neurotransmitters e kamaʻilio ma waena o nā ʻiʻo naʻau. ʻElua o nā neurotransmitters koʻikoʻi no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke ʻano, ke koʻikoʻi, a me ka nānā ʻana ʻo:
Ma hope o ka lawe ʻana o kēia mau ʻelele i kā lākou hōʻailona, hoʻihoʻi ʻia lākou e nā ʻiʻo naʻau i kahi kaʻina i kapa ʻia ʻo “reuptake.” ʻO ka hana a Effexor ka pale ʻana i kēia kaʻina hana hou no ka ʻelua serotonin a me norepinephrine. Ma ka hana ʻana pēlā, hoʻonui ia i nā pae hana o kēia mau neurotransmitters koʻikoʻi ʻelua i loko o kou lolo, hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i nā hōʻailona o ke kaumaha a me ka hopohopo source. ʻO kēia hana pālua ka hiʻohiʻona hoʻokaʻawale o ka venlafaxine mechanism of action.
No ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke kumu nui ai ka lepili “SNRI”, pono ke nānā aku i kona hoahānau kaulana, ka SSRI.
ʻO SSRI ke ʻano o Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor. E like me ka manaʻo o ka inoa, hana kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau i ka koho ma ka serotonin. Hana lākou i ka hana like “reuptake blocking” e like me Effexor, akā hoʻopaʻa lākou i hoʻokahi neurotransmitter: serotonin source.
Ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā pae serotonin, hiki i nā SSRIs ke hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi i ke ʻano a hoʻemi i nā manaʻo hopohopo. Loaʻa i kēia papa ʻo kekahi o nā antidepressants i kau ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e like me:
ʻO ka poʻe he nui e nīnau ana “He SSRI ka Effexor?” ua kamaʻāina i kēia mau inoa, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka ʻokoʻa.
I kēia manawa e hele kāua i ke kumu. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa kumu ma waena o ka SNRI vs SSRI hele mai i hoʻokahi kūʻokoʻa ʻelua neurotransmitters.
SSRIs (Ka Loaʻa): E noʻonoʻo i kahi SSRI e like me he mea loea e nānā ana i hoʻokahi mea a hana maikaʻi ia. Hoʻopaʻa ia i ka serotonin e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ke ʻano, hiamoe, a me ka hopohopo. No ka poʻe he nui, ʻo kēia ka hoʻoulu ʻana i makemake ai ko lākou lolo chemistry.
Effexor (Ka Hana Pālua): Hana ʻo Effexor, ma ke ʻano he SNRI, ma ka serotonin a me norepinephrine. ʻO ia hoʻi, hāʻawi ia i nā pono hoʻopaʻa ʻano o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka serotonin, a me ka hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ikehu, ka makaʻala, a me ka nānā ʻana mai ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka norepinephrine.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea kū hoʻokahi loa e pili ana i ka venlafaxine mechanism of action ʻo kāna mau hopena e pili ana i ka dōsi. ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki ke hoʻololi i kāna hana i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kāu kauka i kāu dōsi:
ʻO kēia pilina dōsi-pane ke kumu nui i koho ai kāu kauka iā Effexor. Hāʻawi ia iā lākou e hoʻomaka ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka serotonin a laila hoʻolauna i ka ʻāpana norepinephrine inā pono, me hoʻokahi lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻO kēia ʻokoʻa ke kumu o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa Effexor vs SSRI ke hoʻoholo nei ka mea lapaʻau i ka lapaʻau kūpono.
No ka mea ʻokoʻa ko lākou hana, hiki i nā SNRIs a me nā SSRIs ke loaʻa nā ʻokoʻa i ka wā e pili ana i kā lākou mea e mālama ai, ko lākou mau hopena ʻē aʻe, a me ka mea e hana ai ke hoʻōki ʻoe i ka lawe ʻana iā lākou. Inā ʻoe e nīnau ana “He SSRI a i ʻole SNRI ka venlafaxine,” ʻo kēia ka ʻike i ka mea nui.
ʻO nā ʻano lāʻau ʻelua he mau mea hana maʻa mau i ka lapaʻau olakino noʻonoʻo, akā aia kekahi mau ʻokoʻa.
Ua ʻae ʻia ʻo Effexor (Venlafaxine) e ka FDA e mālama i:
Hoʻohana ʻia nā SSRIs e like me Zoloft a me Lexapro no:
Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka Effexor vs Zoloft a i ʻole Effexor vs Lexapro, ʻo kāu maʻi maʻi kūpono ka mea nui e koho ai kāu kauka. No ka laʻana, inā loaʻa i ka mea maʻi ke kaumaha a me ka ʻeha mauʻiʻo, hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia kahi SNRI e like me Effexor he koho maikaʻi.
He nui nā hopena ʻē aʻe o Effexor e like me nā SSRIs no ka mea ʻo nā ʻano lāʻau ʻelua e hoʻopili i ka serotonin. Hiki i kēia mau hopena ʻē aʻe i kaʻana like ke komo source:
Eia naʻe, ma muli o kāna hopena i ka norepinephrine, he nui nā hopena ʻē aʻe ʻo Effexor ʻaʻole pinepine me nā SSRIs:
ʻO kēia kekahi o nā ʻokoʻa koʻikoʻi loa. ʻOiai hiki i ka hoʻōki ʻana i kekahi antidepressant ke hoʻokumu i nā hōʻailona hoʻopau, ʻo ka withdrawal o Effexor ua ʻike ʻia he mea maʻa mau a paʻakikī.
ʻO kēia ma muli o ka pōkole loa o ka "half-life" o Effexor—ʻo ia hoʻi, hoʻoponopono ʻia a hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia mai kou kino ma kahi wikiwiki. Inā hala ʻoe i kahi dōsi a i ʻole hoʻōki koke iā ia, hiki i nā pae neurotransmitter o kou lolo ke emi koke, e alakaʻi ana i kahi pūʻulu o nā hōʻailona ʻoluʻolu ʻole i kapa ʻia ʻo “discontinuation syndrome” source.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻa mau o ka withdrawal o Effexor e komo pū ana:
Ma muli o kēia, he mea nui loa ʻaʻole e hoʻōki koke i ka lawe ʻana iā Effexor. E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hana i kahi hoʻolālā tapering lohi loa e hoʻomaha ai i kēia mau hopena withdrawal. No laila, ʻoiai ʻoe e noʻonoʻo ana He SSRI a i ʻole SNRI ka venlafaxine, ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāna ʻano withdrawal kūʻokoʻa ka ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka pane.
E like me kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau, he mau ʻōlelo aʻo palekana koʻikoʻi ʻo Effexor āu a me kāu kauka e pono ke kūkākūkā.
Serotonin Syndrome: He maʻi kakaʻikahi akā hiki ke make ka maʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka nui o ka serotonin i loko o kou ʻōnaehana. Hoʻonui ka pilikia inā lawe ʻoe iā Effexor me nā lāʻau ʻē aʻe e hoʻonui ai i ka serotonin, e like me nā antidepressants ʻē aʻe (ʻoi aku nā MAOIs), nā triptans no ka migraines, a i ʻole kekahi mau lāʻau hoʻomaha ʻeha. Hiki i nā hōʻailona ke komo i ka huhū, ka huikau, ka wikiwiki o ka puʻuwai, ke koko kiʻekiʻe, a me ka ʻiʻo ʻiʻo source. E ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau hōʻailona.
FDA Black Box Warning: Pono ka U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) i nā antidepressants āpau, me Effexor, e lawe i kahi hōʻailona pahu—ʻo kāna ʻano koʻikoʻi loa. ʻŌlelo kēia hōʻailona e hiki i nā antidepressants ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia o nā manaʻo a me nā hana pepehi kanaka i nā keiki, ʻōpio, a me nā ʻōpio ʻōpio (a hiki i ka makahiki 25). He mea nui e nānā i kekahi hōʻino ʻana o ke ʻano a i ʻole ka puka ʻana mai o ka manaʻo pepehi kanaka, ʻoi aku ka nui i ka wā mua o ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau a i ʻole ke hoʻololi ʻana i ka dōsi source.
No laila, e hoʻi kāua i kā mākou nīnau mua: He SSRI ka Effexor?
ʻO ka pane paʻa ʻo ʻole. He Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor (SNRI) ʻo Effexor, e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia mai nā SSRIs e like me Zoloft a me Lexapro no ka mea hana ia ma nā neurotransmitters koʻikoʻi ʻelua ma mua o hoʻokahi.
ʻO kēia hana pālua Effexor vs SSRI ka mea e hāʻawi ai i kona ʻano kūʻokoʻa—mai kāna mau hopena dōsi-dependent a me ka hiki ke kōkua i ka ikehu a me ka nānā ʻana, i kāna mau hopena ʻē aʻe kūikawā a me kahi syndrome withdrawal paʻakikī loa. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ʻano lāʻau a Effexor ka mea mua e lilo ai ʻoe i mea komo ʻike a ikaika i kāu huakaʻi olakino noʻonoʻo.
Ma ka hopena, ʻo ka mea kūpono ka SNRI a i ʻole ka SSRI no ʻoe he hoʻoholo paʻakikī ia e pili ana i kou mau hōʻailona kūikawā, ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau, a me ka chemistry o kou lolo. He kūkākūkā kēia me kāu mea mālama ola. Mai hoʻomaka, hoʻōki, a hoʻololi paha i kāu dōsi lāʻau me ka ʻole o kā lākou alakaʻi. ʻO lākou kāu hoaaloha maikaʻi loa i ka ʻimi ʻana i ke ala e alakaʻi ai i kou olakino.
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