Posted by don_bristol on July 28, 2003, at 7:53:13
In reply to Re: How many people in the US take MAOIs? » don_bristol, posted by cubbybear on July 27, 2003, at 23:39:13
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> I take Parnate, and I once read that only about 1% of the prescriptions
> for ADs in the U.S. are for MAOIs. Your question is a very good one.
> I myself would like to know how many people take Parnate or Nardil and
> what the trends are. I would hate to see the day when these life-saver
> meds are discontinued. You should do the research. I wouldn't trust a
> word from the drug companies themselves. I would start with an
> organization like the American Psychiatric Assn. or a pharmacists'
> association, and take it from there. Please post your findings. A lot
> of us would love to know.
>
The only data on the Net I have found is for New Zealand. The data is very thorough indeed and can be found here in this PDF document:http://healthsci.otago.ac.nz/dsm/gp/rnzcgp/Download/Anti_depress.pdf
It says only 0.5% of patients taking antidepressents were taking "ordinary" MAOIs. That is 58 patients out of the sample size of 3,494 in the study. A surprising 4% were taking reversible MAOIs. The figures are so detailed that I can't read them all and I may be getting it slightly wrong because 58 out of 3,494 is not 0.5%!
Of course prescribing habits will vary enormously from country to country and I would love to see similar data for the UK or the US. I know there are (chargeable) reports which do have this info.
Maybe someone here has seen such a thing and can tell us very roughly how many people are taking MOIs in either the UK or the US.
Anyone?
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