Posted by jealibeanz on July 21, 2006, at 19:56:47
In reply to Re: emsam 6 mg/24 = ? oral selegiline? » jealibeanz, posted by laima on July 21, 2006, at 18:53:56
I'm surprised they had an entire conference devoted to EMSAM. I wonder if that's common. I've never heard of such a thing. You're lucky to have such an open-minded and informed doctor. Is he a general practitioner or a psychiatrist?
It's good to hear that actual physicians have positive experiences to report. We've heard a great deal of negatives on this message board, but that's probably because the people who are doing well are out living and not searching for something else to help relieve the depression.
That makes sense that the 6mg is too low, but is still being produced. They were probably just desperate to have a dosage which could definitely be marketed as not requiring dietary restriction. I've never found any of the studies that differentiates between the efficacy of the 3 dosages. Maybe they were trying to hide the fact that 6 mg isn't so great. Nonetheless, it can be used as a stepping stone to 9 or 12 mg. Do you know if any discussion has been made about going higher than 12?
I don't see much problem with the diet though. There's really nothing I personally have to avoid, except tap beer, but bottled is OK, which I prefer anyway. The rest of the foods are rather odd... pickled meat, ect. I realize some people will have to give up aged cheese, but at least pizza is still alright!
Do you have any side effects to report? I'm sure there will be many that will be coming in within the next year or so. That's why I question whether my doctor (a GP) would ever consider prescribing this, if he;s even aware of the drug (he should be, right?) unless I begged. It's not that he's one of the docs who's paranoid about being sued for malpractice (especially by me), he just wouldn't want to hurt me or cause any further discomfort (because I have a lot right now!) in my life.
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