Posted by ChicagoKat on September 28, 2012, at 13:34:31
In reply to Re: SLS- Need articles on MAOIs + Nortryptiline » ChicagoKat, posted by SLS on September 27, 2012, at 21:16:54
> Hi Kat.
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> Since you have the opportunity to begin taking both drugs at the same time, I would take advantage of it. That is the preferred protocol for establishing a MAOI + TCA combination.
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> 45 mg/day of Nardil is relatively low, but often sufficient.
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> I'll see what I can put together tomorrow.
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> Have a nice evening.
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> Oh, alright. You shamed me into it.
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> http://tinyurl.com/9cwughh
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> I found that full therapeutic dosages of both drugs are necessary for me to obtain a response.
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> - ScottI didn't mean to shame you into it! You must have been tired after your Kareoke (sp?) What songs did you sing?? :)
Thanks for the article. I'm a little concerned b/c it mentioned using amitryptiline rather than nortryptiline, and it's my understanding that nortryptiline has fewer side effects than amitryiptiline, despite the fact that amitryp. is immediately metabolized to nortryp. Damn, but those names are a pain in the *ss to write so I shortened them! Whoever came up with them should have to take high doses of them and deal with all the horrid side effects. Did I ever tell you that when I started Elavil for sleep I got horrible dry mouth, not a surprise, but I didn't think about it and drank so much water that I gave myself dilutional hyponatremia! If my sodium had been one point lower I would have had to be hospitalized, which I HATE! Fortunately, with water restriction my Na jumped right back up to about 140 with no problem, and now I sometimes drink Gatorade when I get really thirsty :) But thanks for the link to the article, it gave me food for thought and I really appreciate it!
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