Posted by Else on July 26, 2001, at 6:16:20
In reply to Re: MAOI patches » Else, posted by shelliR on July 25, 2001, at 22:54:44
Gosh, I think you're pretty lucky to be living in that area (I'm assuming you are). With Harvard near by and all the brilliant up-to-date doctors living there.
I'm interested in trying Selegiline. I can't imagine it would be worse than Wellbutrin as far as shakiness goes and it is probably more effective. Parnate certainly was. Besides, I'm on Klonopin which anihilates shakiness (except for Effexor) for me. Another year huh...? Well, it's probably worth the wait.
> > I remember reading somewhere that the good people at McLean were working on MAOI patches that would allow the drug to bypass the liver and thus avoid the cheese effect. They were supposed to work much faster too (one week instead of the usual 2 to 4(or 4 to 6)) I've heard nothing about it since. Does anyone know what is going on? When will these be made availlable to us if ever?
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> I talked to one of the researchers at McLean a few months ago and he said that it would be another year for FDA approval. The MAOI was selegiline. And I think they are really good people at McLean, at least I was impressed with Dr. Bodkin. He supported my use of opiates for treatment resistent depression. Actually, it was his idea to try the pill form of selgeline and go up to a fairly high dose. He said there were no side effects, but almost everyone on the board who has tried selegiline has felt some shakiness from it. I also started getting leg pains, and gave up on it.
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> Shelli
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