Posted by RN320 on January 12, 2007, at 13:54:09
In reply to Re: EMSAM Q? » laima, posted by liliths on January 8, 2007, at 7:52:26
Hi- For what it's worth, I'm on EMSAM (12mg) and I take florinef to keep my BP up. It's worked really well. I still have some moderate orthostatic problems but they are more manageable and my baseline BP has gone from 86/48 to 110/70......works for me, and gives me an incredible boost in energy! Also, at the 12mg dose I found my anxiety to decrease greatly, and the first couple of weeks I had a sudden weight loss of 11 pounds. (I became the size of the Hindenburg on Seroquel, so I was really worried about it and am pleased that weight gan is not something you need to worry about on EMSAM. My understanding of the reason that oral selegeline is not supposed to be an option is that the "Safe dose" is for treatment of Parkinson's and that much higher doses are required to treat depression (because it absorbs better from the skin than the gut). My pdoc will not use selegeline for depression because he says that the required doses to really treat depression are at a dangerous/toxic level. Anyway, that's what I was told.
Regards.
/m
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