Posted by sfy on September 17, 2004, at 11:33:38
In reply to Re: Selegiline Phenylalanine, posted by gromit on September 17, 2004, at 0:53:03
> Hi, I wonder if someone could post a link to a study of this combo. My pdoc had never heard of selegiline, of course he had not heard of Cymbalta either and had to look to see if I could go above 10mg of Lexapro.
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> Is this medicine approved in the US? I thought Marplan, Parnate and Nardil were the only MAOI approved. It is cheap enough to order online but my insurance is actually pretty good for once so maybe they will pay.
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> I'm looking for something I can print out and take to my next appointment.
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> Thanks
> RickSelegiline is approved in the US. It's prescribed primarily for Parkinson's Disease and marketed under the brand name Eldelpryl. But it's also available in generic form.
As for studies, there's only one good one of Selegiline and DLPA (l-deprenyl is another name for selegiline):
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=6425455The couple of other things published on this combo are pretty slim in terms of scientific rigor.
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