Posted by Caedmon on April 23, 2006, at 17:10:08
In reply to Re: How addictive is Parnate?, posted by SLS on April 23, 2006, at 16:37:43
From what I've read about Parnate withdrawals following discontinuation, they mimick withdrawals from amphetamines. So, my *guess* is that it is probably on par with amphetamines?
I've heard it said that 10mg tranylcypromine = 1mg dextroamphetamine, but that isn't a lot, so most doses would be equivalent to generally insignificant amounts of amphetamine (from a substance abuse standpoint). Although I've never felt ANY speedy effects from Parnate. So far.
Thing is, I don't know how much (if any) tolerance is common to Parnate. Here, I'm talking about tolerance to therapeutic effects. I know that people on stimulants often will take holidays off their meds to reduce tolerance, I'm wondering if the same is required of Parnate or not. (I've read that it doesn't actually metabolize IN TO amphetamine, just has some of those qualities, so I don't know.)
- C
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