Posted by Elizabeth on January 29, 2000, at 4:48:20
In reply to Re: Donut, Kelly, Phil, Elizabeth, posted by Noa on January 27, 2000, at 21:40:09
> Was the marplan not working?
It was at first, but then I started having withdrawal symptoms while still on it (in particular, mood swings, fatigue, agitation, and REM rebound). My pdoc felt it was best for me to get off of it and back on Parnate ASAP, hence the short washout. (This is not SOP -- does that answer your Q, Scott? And no, you shouldn't mix them!)
> What drew you to parnate?
Taken it before, for about a year; it is the "lesser evil" of the MAOIs for me (no weight gain, no poop-out), though I have trouble getting up to an adequate dose.
> What is a "typical" therapeutic dose of parnate?
30mg/day is a sort of basic minimal effective dose.
> Is it more of a problem for hypertension than other meds?
Yes. It potentiates tyramine more than Nardil does, for example, and occasionally it can cause spontanous hypertensive crises (lucky me, I was one of the people who got this side effect, which didn't diminish with time -- had to keep it down to 10mg, maybe 20, in any single dose).
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