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Posted by linkadge on July 31, 2005, at 19:02:44
Can the drug deprenyl be combined with citalopram ?
Linkadge
Posted by Declan on August 1, 2005, at 0:15:54
In reply to deprenyl with citalopram ?, posted by linkadge on July 31, 2005, at 19:02:44
Chairman MAO said something about combining SSRIs and deprenyl, so he has done that. Deprenyl's good anyway, except that it isn't an effective AD. But I'm not sure what is.
Declan
Posted by linkadge on August 1, 2005, at 4:14:30
In reply to Re: deprenyl with citalopram ?, posted by Declan on August 1, 2005, at 0:15:54
I think it can be an effective AD for certain persons. It might also act as a good adjunctive to other meds like say moclobimide.
Linkadge
Posted by Questionmark on August 4, 2005, at 4:01:33
In reply to deprenyl with citalopram ?, posted by linkadge on July 31, 2005, at 19:02:44
S'funny, i've noticed that you ask/wonder alotta things that i ask/wonder too.
Anyway... i remember asking that same question awhile back-- i think regarding deprenyl (/selegiline) and SSRIs in general, but i think using citalopram as a specific example.
i'm pretty sure someone-- i think it was Chairman MAO-- responded w/ this abstract/link:"www.biopsychiatry.com/citalseleg.htm".
> Can the drug deprenyl be combined with citalopram?
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> Linkadge
Posted by psychobot5000 on August 10, 2005, at 4:35:32
In reply to Re: deprenyl with citalopram ?, posted by linkadge on August 1, 2005, at 4:14:30
Deprenyl was an effective antidepressant for me. I have long-term endogenous major depression, and deprenyl came closer than any one med to bringing me back to normal, at 20mg per day, at which dose it seems to act mainly on MAO-B.
There was no effect on my heart-rate or blood pressure, and watching my diet for tyramine--a dangerous side-effect for some MAO-inhibitors--proved totally unnecessary. Mood was improved, and motivation and drive also. I have taken perhaps twenty other antidepressants, and none of them did as much for me.Unfortunately, deprenyl/selegiline is metabolized by your body into amphetamines, so you are guaranteed to fail any drug-test while taking it.
I got further benefit from combining deprenyl with Remeron/mirtazipine.
Posted by KaraS on August 10, 2005, at 16:25:43
In reply to Re: deprenyl with citalopram ?, posted by psychobot5000 on August 10, 2005, at 4:35:32
You were lucky. Not everyone can take 20 mg. of deprenyl without following the tyramine diet. Most of the things I've read say that the cut off point is 10 mg. and after that you're effecting MAO-A. A friend of mine had a hypertensive crisis on 15 mg. of deprenyl. The link that you provide is about a study that used 10 mg. of deprenyl.
k
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