Posted by Jost on July 22, 2006, at 17:54:37
In reply to Re: emsam 6 mg/24 = ? oral selegiline? » SLS, posted by laima on July 21, 2006, at 15:39:23
> So while I wait for my pharmacy to get the 9's in, I wonder if I can or should cut my 6's in half and wear a 6 plus half of a six to equal 9? I wonder if that would be accurate. Whatever, I'll only have to wait for a day or two for the 9's, so maybe I'll just hold off lest I do something really drastic by accident.
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>You can definitely cut the 6 in half and use it with another 6, to get 9.
Both my pdoc, and those of other people here have said it's fine to do so.
Also, as you might be aware, there's some evidence that the food restrictions either don't apply, or don't apply very much even with 9 and 12 mg.
There are some other threads where people have been experimenting successfully with disallowed foods. On the other hand, it's good to test with small amounts, until the definitive results are in-- or are in and are formally accepted.
If you check the tyramine challenges that they did, even large amounts of tyramine=rich foods didn't create any tyramine reaction for those with larger doses. But the FDA wants to be careful, so that's where it stands.
The drug interactions are a different story, and there you do have to be careful.
Jost
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