Posted by softheprairie on December 6, 2009, at 3:42:19
In reply to FDA Desipramine Alert, posted by Phillipa on December 3, 2009, at 0:12:24
My pdoc gave me two printouts about these new warnings by the FDA and sanovi-aventis Wed. I have been stable on 300 mg desipramine plus other meds. Desipramine has been very helpful to me, when all other anti-depressants haven't or stopped. My father died of a heart attack when he was just 51. My dad was overweight, but my BMI is quite a bit higher than his was.
This really throws a wrench in my plans. I have paper orders from pdoc to get my EKG and blood level of desipramine checked again. I also just looked up the official prescribing info from the maker of the brand name form of it, even though I take the generic. The FDA-approved info I printed out from sanovi-aventis also advises to come off of desipramine before planned surgery. This really worries me -- coming off of it before surgery (I have been in the process of getting approved for a type of weight loss surgery, but I am stalling on proceeding with it at the moment, and was even before this new desipramine concern).
ARGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I fear it not working (or not as well) after having been off of it.
Right now, I think I'll discuss with pdoc at next week's apt maybe trying to taper down to 200 mg for a while, then re-evaluate.
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