Posted by Jost on May 8, 2006, at 15:33:58
In reply to Re: MAOIs » yxibow, posted by ed_uk on May 7, 2006, at 11:02:22
IMO you can't equate, or in any way closely compare, Maois and ECT. The fears about food restrictions are pretty overstated.
I can see being concerned about giving it to people who either have very little discipline about what they eat, or those who have are unusually sensitive to it. Otherwise, there are only a few restrictions, eg soy products, cheese, certain wines--and I would think most people would be able to monitor effectively.
Of course, the drug interactions are such that you need to have some indication, in case of emergency.
Given how effective they are as ADs, and how many people might benefit, and how controllable food and drug interactions are-I think Maois should be prescribed much more often than they are.
To put them into the same category as a treatment that causes memory loss of greater or lesser severity in almost everyone who has it--seems extreme.
Jost.
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