Posted by MARTY on March 30, 2006, at 17:27:16
In reply to Re: Death by Parnate?!, posted by Maxime on March 30, 2006, at 16:04:54
I have to disagree with you Maxime. I'm not usually mr.cautious but in this case I would not play it cool. There have been too much deaths with the '2 weeks witdrawal' to say that it is OK to only do 2 weeks or to say that 5 weeks is JUST A GUIDELINE(?). I wonder what is not a guideline to your PDoc ;) I mean what could be less a guideline that a well accepted and respected FDA prescription that has been put in place because of many deaths ?Anyone choosing to do the prozac 'only 2 weeks witdrawal' before taking a MAOI is willing to potentially loose their life just to save 3 weeks of it.
I like to imagine your 80's PDoc angry upon your grave, fist in the air shouting "Damned Guideliiiiiiiiiineeeee !!!" ;)
Live long
Marty
> My PDOC who is in 80's said that 5 weeks is just a guideline. He wanted me to start the Parnate 2 weeks after stopping it. Turns out I wanted to be off the Trileptal as well so I haven't started it. Plus I have a nasty Ephedra habit that I have to kick before I start the Parnate. I already feel like I am going to have a heart attack from the stuff.
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> So anyway, I think 2 weeks is enough, but if you want to cautious wait 5 weeks.
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> > I was considering stopping my Prozac so that by the next time I see my pdoc I can ask for the Parnate or maybe try emsam. I was reading that you had to stop taking your SSRI's for two weeks to start an MAOI...then I read that there have been several deaths reported when people began Parnate after taking Prozac even if they waited two weeks. Because of that, it is recommended that you discontinue Prozac for at least 5 weeks before beginning an MAOI.
> > Has anyone else heard of this? Is 5 weeks long enough without the Prozac?? Reading this has really freaked me out.
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