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Re: ANYONE HAD SUCCESS WITH PARNATE?

Posted by jb on April 11, 2001, at 10:07:41

In reply to ANYONE HAD SUCCESS WITH PARNATE?, posted by KS on April 6, 2001, at 8:27:58

Hi, KS. Yes, I've had success with Parnate, an MAOI. I took it primarily for social phobia (giving presentations to large groups, primarily). It's very activating and energizing. I had some difficulty getting to sleep, initially, but that wore off over about two weeks. You might want to discuss this with your physician, so he could titrate the dose slowly, if that's appropriate for you (double emphasis on the "you"). It caused fairly severe dry mouth. I always had a diet drink or water or non-sugar mouth drop wherever I went. Also, my speech pattern slowed significantly. My wife and co-workers noticed this. The side effects of dry mouth and slowed speech didn't diminish over time, for me. Also, my appetite curtailed, and I lost about 8 lbs.

Regarding dietary restrictions, I found them excessive,in some ways, and, again, for me. For example, I eat pizza like crazy and drink light beer. I also drink white wine. I stay away from regular beer and red wine. I don't eat the very aged food products, such as the aged cheeses (blue cheese, etc), dates, pickled foods, aged meats, etc. I eat pizza cheese, mozarella, and cheddar and colby cheese with no problem. I also eat parmesan cheese with a salad, but that's in moderation. I stay away from antihistamines and all cold medications except Robutussin DM. And, I tell my personal physician and any other physician that I'm taking and MAOI.

Your physician can prescribe a medication which you can carry which is an antidote for a hypertensive crisis if you somehow eat a tyramine-rich food and have a bad reaction.

Separately, Phenelzine is another MAOI worth consideration and discussion with your physician. I believe the other non-selective, non-reversible MAOI available is Isocarboxazid.

Hope this helps.

JB


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