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Seems to me it would be just straightforward to get a list of people taking trazodone for long periods and measure their rates of neurodegeneration versus the g
by blazespin 10y ago
Seems to me it would be just straightforward to get a list of people taking trazodone for long periods and measure their rates of neurodegeneration versus the general population versus those taking ssris.
- gwern 10y agoDepression is repeatedly linked to changes in BDNF and neurogenesis, so you would probably just see greater neurodegeneration compared to healthy controls anyway. Post-marketing surveillance is hard to draw any causal conclusions from...
- woofyman 10y agoTrazodone is also used for sleep.
- pswenson 10y agoI think much more widely for sleep than depression.... it was originally an anti-depressent but had a nasty side-effect of making one very sleepy.
- randycupertino 10y agoTrazodone helps me for sleep, it's incredible. I'm out like a light and it's not addictive. If you have nighttime anxiety and stress-related sleep issues, it can be a godsend.
- msie 10y agoI have heard that it is addictive so I'm curious as to what your experience is when not taking it. No withdrawal symptoms at all?
- randycupertino 10y agoNope, zero addiction. I take it about 5x a week, generally have weekends off.
- mzs 10y agoalso used for anger issues
- mrfusion 10y agoIt's interesting to see a sleep drug that might prevent Alzheimer's. I recently found out that benedryl might cause it.
- blazespin 10y agoThat's why you compare against SSRIs