Posted by policebox on July 26, 2011, at 1:32:06
In reply to Giving up on Parnate: what's next before ECT?, posted by dragonblack on July 24, 2011, at 17:04:46
If you have had any positive response to Parnate at all, then I might suggest seeing if you can stick with it while titrating your dosage upward. The 60 mg maximum dosage... I'm not really sure where they got that from. From my readings about Parnate, the therapeutic dosage is something along the lines of 1 mg per 1.5 kg of the patient's weight. For me at 175 lbs, that means I should be taking anything up to around 120 mg as a therapeutic dose (or possibly more).
Parnate is a very safe medication, provided you avoid anything that's contraindicated. Many people on this board have had success with "high" doses of Parnate and even report that many of the adverse side-effects disappear once they get above 60 mg.
Anyway, sorry this was so long. I just wanted to pass that thought along as a suggest for you to consider. I wish you the best.
Shannon
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