Posted by Dan Perkins on December 10, 2004, at 13:55:53
In reply to Re: MAOI withdrawal » Dan Perkins, posted by cubbybear on December 10, 2004, at 3:31:52
If you don't absolutely have to come off of Parnate, then my advice would be to not come off of it. Aside from having a horrible time coming off of the drug, the Parnate never worked as well for me again after I stopped it that first time.
It seems to me that just about every warning that goes along with taking an MAOI is either exagerated or entirely unnecesary. I'm not sure if this is the case w/anesthesia, but I would try everything possible to avoid coming off of Parnate for your colonoscopy.
Your gastroenterologist may tell you that you have to stop the Parnate simply b/c he/she might not have any experience with MAOIs and might be being overly cautious. I think the best way to find out which anesthesia is OK to take w/Parnate would be by posting the question directly on this message board in a seperate topic and maybe in an MAOI discussion forum (I know that Yahoo has an active one) to hear from people who have direct experience with this topic.
Best of luck,
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> Your problem is of much interest to me because I've been putting off an elective procedure (colonoscopy) myself since,among other things, I dread the whole issue of anaesthesia. I made a decision not to come off the Parnate for this procedure but rather to go through with it. If I can get up the guts to make an appointment with the gastroenterologist, I will discuss with her ahead of time, the various analgesics/sedatives that could be used safely. I'm pretty sure that in this case, general anaesthesia would be unnecessary.
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