Anders Sorensen- Tackling Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal Through Research and Practice- Podcast, MIA

[manymoretodays]

https://www.madinamerica.com/2022/11/anders-sorensen-tackling-psychiatric-drug-withdrawal-research-practice/

 

Another James Moore great interview done as part of "World Tapering Day" (4th, 5th, and 6th Nov).

Held to raise global awareness of the need to safely taper psychotropic drugs.

 

I listened and found it one of the more clearly articulated explanations of what happens when psych drugs occupy receptors, and then what happens when they are taken away. 

 

I thought it was great too, that Anders Sorensen also included the Antipsychotics (AP's) and the receptor occupations effect on dopamine, as well as the reverse......what happens when the drug is taken away to this neurotransmitter.

We are often just hearing about the effect on serotonin, with the AD's(in particular SSRI's), and the receptor occupancy, and then changes when the drug is reduced in dose strength.  So that was cool, that AP's were included in his answers to the interviewers questions.

 

The interviewee, was also co-author of an article in Molecular Psychiatry, in 2021 titled:

The relationship between  dose and serotonin transporter occupancy of antidepressants- a systemic review

 

I couldn't find that one, in our Journals and Scientific Evidence Topic, and could not gain access to it.

 

Well worth a listen though, as the concept(s) we deal with here, ARE so clearly elucidated/articulated in this interview.

If you are like me, and sometimes have to try multiple times to "get it" with some concepts, then this is for you.  Have a nice listen.  Or just read the transcript, which is often what I do.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 14, 2022 by manymoretodays

[Gridley]

On 11/14/2022 at 11:34 AM, manymoretodays said:

I listened and found it one of the more clearly articulated explanations of what happens when psych drugs occupy receptors, and then what happens when they are taken away. 

 

I think this is a great interview for several reasons -- its clear explanation of withdrawal and receptor occupancy, its validation of what we've been saying here for so long about the importance of the hyperbolic (as opposed to linear) taper, and its laying out how much help can be provided by what we call non-drug coping skills.  Absolutely excellent.  Thanks for posting, mmt.