Posted by KaraS on December 11, 2004, at 16:15:37
In reply to Re: MAOI withdrawal » Dan Perkins, posted by Dan Perkins on December 10, 2004, at 13:55:53
> If you don't absolutely have to come off of Parnate, then my advice would be to not come off of it. Aside from having a horrible time coming off of the drug, the Parnate never worked as well for me again after I stopped it that first time.
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> It seems to me that just about every warning that goes along with taking an MAOI is either exagerated or entirely unnecesary. I'm not sure if this is the case w/anesthesia, but I would try everything possible to avoid coming off of Parnate for your colonoscopy.
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> Your gastroenterologist may tell you that you have to stop the Parnate simply b/c he/she might not have any experience with MAOIs and might be being overly cautious. I think the best way to find out which anesthesia is OK to take w/Parnate would be by posting the question directly on this message board in a seperate topic and maybe in an MAOI discussion forum (I know that Yahoo has an active one) to hear from people who have direct experience with this topic.
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> Best of luck,
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> > Your problem is of much interest to me because I've been putting off an elective procedure (colonoscopy) myself since,among other things, I dread the whole issue of anaesthesia. I made a decision not to come off the Parnate for this procedure but rather to go through with it. If I can get up the guts to make an appointment with the gastroenterologist, I will discuss with her ahead of time, the various analgesics/sedatives that could be used safely. I'm pretty sure that in this case, general anaesthesia would be unnecessary.
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>Would you mind posting more information on how to get to that Yahoo chat group. I just went to check it out. I found live chat groups on depression but most of the talk was silliness - not about anything medical or even depression related. It was probably a group of teenagers. I must have gone to the wrong place.
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